A friend who owns a Nikon D7100, and owns only two lenses, a Nikon 18-55mm kit lens, and a FX 28-300mm, wants to save his sister money, from not paying a pro photographer to do a small Wedding. He is an amateur just like me. I asked him, why didn't the Bride and Groom's family chip in to hire a pro photographer. He said they were already paying for other preparations to the Wedding. I told him those 2 lenses he owned were not going to cut the mustard. He does have an external flash unit. I offered to loan him my prime lenses of 35mm f1.8 and 50mm f1.8. And an outdoor plug in work light he could use inside the small Church. He has never done a wedding before. He said he will have two young laborers to help out. He says he can handle it. I told him to prepare for a long day when he does it. Reception included. I'm glad I'm not doing it.

speters stated somewhat more eloquently than I would have, but the core is the same. I don't care how many hummingbird photos there are taken by others, or filed in my portfolio. I keep taking them hoping for a different angle, IQ, or whatever.

Been to Victoria, BC about 1 - 2 times each year. Been shooting the same scenes over and over, but the results always vary.

So you can find your subject on Google. Take one yourself, print it, hold it, look at it, and think "I made this". That can't be said for any of the others!

Shoot for yourself, and have fun.
Cheers, Neil

you sound like you set out to photograph something that is in the common realm. When I go someplace other than home I have my camera hanging in the back seat looped over my headrest. Traveling to my daughters on Dec. 24 it was early morning just starting to get light, The sky was overcast, and suddenly there was a break in the clouds. I pulled over, reached behind me and retrieved my camera, and pressed the shutter. No one else on God's green earth has my photo. No houses, no one else traveling my direction. This one is mine.

Keep your camera handy and get yours!

One prime reason that my photography is important to me is that the pictures help trigger the surrounding circumstances and memories in my mind that have faded away. I review my pictures of roses in winter to remind me of the beauty of late spring and summer. Late at night I will view pictures of various hikes in National Parks to jump start my memory of the time, place and circumstances. I have loved ones who do not remember some of these outings until we review pictures on the PC. As sharp as your memory may be today, tomorrow it may loose some of the focus. I also find that the view my memory presents is not as faithful as the photograph I took. Just sayin it's not all about winning a contest but celebrating your life's travels.

awww, don't fight it. There's no wall here. Why waste your time? Go with your gut feeling and go ahead and get rid of it.
When you miss it and remember what got you interested in the first place and change your mind, you can buy more and it'll
likely be better than what you have now and more fun to use. If that doesn't happen, then you made the right decision after
all. I'd venture to say that this isn't the first time you've asked this question and here alone you've got nine pages of people
trying to help you make a decision that only you can make. If you don't know why you have it then you probably don't need
it. Just get on with it and do what you're going to do. Time's a wasting. I can't imagine why all these good people think they
need to save you from yourself. If this were a life or death situation it'd be different but this is a situation that can be fixed for
a few hundred bucks. I've sold my gear several times and probably don't have any business having any now. Chunk it out.

My worthless 2 cents worth but why not.
I don't get here to the forum much any more, but I know what you are feeling. There are times we just want to give up! I have come soooooo close but haven't quite hit the wall yet.
The solution is simple if we stop now and then, to think about it. What if 50 people stand at the same location and take the same shot? So what? How many people will see all 50 shots together, to compare them. None. Your shots are memories that belong only to you, quite like every moment of your life. It's the same as all other things and events in your life. You simply decide which things you really don't need or want any more and which things you just hate to throw away. Don't toos your photo equipment. Take it with you just in case you see some little thing you may want to see again some day in your files. But if you should decide to quit, at least you have the memories to look at and they will remind you of when shooting them was fresh and exciting to you. It's not all about shooting things everyone else wants to shoot. Take your camera along in case you run into something UBO... old, beautiful or unusual.