I am a photographer working exclusively with Dreamstime.com.

I was born in 1978, into one of the Soviet states of USSR. As far as I remember, life was actually OK back then. For me as a child at least. Looking now at my own 6 year old son, I often think that there were substantially less temptations and distractions at that time when I was young. No LEGOs, no Disney (available), no bubble gum, etc. Nevertheless we were happy. Happy to have our ice-cream or happy to get our lemonade from the lethally dirty vending machines, according to today...
 

I am a photographer working exclusively with Dreamstime.com.

I was born in 1978, into one of the Soviet states of USSR. As far as I remember, life was actually OK back then. For me as a child at least. Looking now at my own 6 year old son, I often think that there were substantially less temptations and distractions at that time when I was young. No LEGOs, no Disney (available), no bubble gum, etc. Nevertheless we were happy. Happy to have our ice-cream or happy to get our lemonade from the lethally dirty vending machines, according to today's hygiene standards.
What I'm trying to say is that THINGS will not make one happy. The more you can choose from the more you want. It doesn't matter in the long run.
As does not matter which brand of camera you are shooting with. The art lies within you. If it is there, then you can equally successfully choose whatever method of delivery you prefer - be it a painting, a black & white negative, or a full colour, razor-sharp digital image. YOU must master the technology of your choosing, not the other way round. So instead of spending your milk-money on the latest and greatest, take some time to deeply understand and control the features of apparatus already at hand.

I'm one of the image admins here, at Dreamstime.