Here's another one he left off...
Real pros don't write smug, condescending articles making ridiculous and generalized fun of other photographers to presumably make themselves look and feel superior.

What should he care what kind of camera strap somebody uses and how they wear it or under what conditions somebody might decide to use a tripod?

And the statement that real pros all treat their gear like crap and beat the hell out of it??! Yeah, that's a great idea.

Some of the stuff he writes applies but a lot of it is a total steaming pile.

I think the writer of this article must have a real inferiority complex, who is more interested in impressing perfect strangers than enjoying his hobby or concentrating on developing his business.

I can admit to using a back pack on a regular basis. I find that when I'm shooting landscapes and wild life, I switch my lenses, and sometimes filters frequently.

Yes, I have a Canon 5D Mk2 and use a mid range zoom (24-105 L IS) as my primary "walk around" lens, but carry my 16-35 f2.8 L in my back pack, along with my long zoom when I'm in the field. If I'm going to a classic car meet or walking around town (Niagara on teh Lake), I will leave my back pack at home, and use my 16-35 lens as my walk around, but I don't leave them at home because I'm afraid that the "Photographic Elite" will laugh at me. I do what I consider to be convenient for me at that time.

Oh, and another reason that I guess I'm an amateur; I occasionally use my tripod when shooting in daylight. I have discovered over the years that if I want to guarantee that I get a "tack sharp" image when taking an important landscape shot, I can generally get better result when I use a tripod. I try to keep my ISO as low as possible when shooting, to achieve the best possible results (low noise), and I also tend to set my aperture at around f22, to give me the depth of field that I'm looking for. NOT that I need to justify my actions to the writer of this article, but this is why I use my tripod in daylight.

I will continue to enjoy my hobby of 30+ years, doing it "my way", without giving any further thought to what so called "professional Photographers" think about my methods, or how I look.

In my experience, True Professional Photographers don't "pee themselves when they see someone doing it wrong", they offer friendly advice and try to help the new photographer, by offering the benefit of their experience, in a non condescending way.

I will further add that I'm pleased that we have many True Professionals here at UHH, who regularly offer their advice without ridicule. Let's face it, we were all new to the hobby at one time.

Here's another one he left off...
Real pros don't write smug, condescending articles making ridiculous and generalized fun of other photographers to presumably make themselves look and feel superior.

What should he care what kind of camera strap somebody uses and how they wear it or under what conditions somebody might decide to use a tripod?

And the statement that real pros all treat their gear like crap and beat the hell out of it??! Yeah, that's a great idea.

Some of the stuff he writes applies but a lot of it is a total steaming pile.