Update 12/15: The journey continues. Although I didn't have a lot of traveling opportunities this year, I made the most of what I could traveling with a toddler. Got some images during my India trip where I realized the benefit of a 70-200 for landscapes. The other revelation was the many instances of amazing low light performance of the 6D sensor. I think I made the right decision to go full frame. I wanted to round out my equipment with the EF 85 f/1.8 USM and did that earlier in the year when I found a fantastic deal from Canon. Then during the winter holidays, I couldn't pass up an upgrade that I had planned for next year, when the 16-35 f/4 L IS was available for less than my target price! Can't wait to shoot with it.

Update 4/2015: I guess I could say that 2015 is a new chapter in my photographic journey, as I just sold all my crop sensor equipment and now shooting with EOS 6D, EF 17-40 f/4L USM, EF 70-200 f/4L USM and the trusty 50 f/1.8. Did I *need* to upgrade ? I don't know, time will tell. I did feel EOS 6D was a great way to experience full frame image quality, and indoor high-ISO shots will be improved. So I took the plunge.

Update 7/2014: I have finally added the EF-S 10-22 to my permanent repertoire, as I promised myself above! Got a great deal from Canon and couldn't resist it. For our recent trip to Scandinavia, I also acquired a few more accessories, including a Hoya CPL for this lens, Lee compatible filter holder, a set of Lee gel ND filters, and a welding glass as a poor man's alternative to the big stopper!

Update 9/2012: I just completed a trip to Pacific Northwest in the US, and again had a ball using the rented EF-S 10-22. I'm not going to rent it anymore. I want to own it :-)

2010:

I only had a passing interest in photography for a long time and had a Kodak Easyshare point and shoot. Few years ago, when I started traveling to some national parks in the US, I started developing interest in learning about some technical stuff. Unfortunately, it wasn't until only about a couple of years ago that I actually did anything about it -- which was to buy a Canon SX120 IS superzoom compact, which had all the manual controls allowing me to learn about the basics. By this time, I had already visited many of the scenic places :( I shot mostly in manual mode for about a year, at which point I started feeling the limitations of the camera I had, and gave myself a holiday present in the form of a Canon Rebel T2i in December, 2010. I collected a beginners' kit consisting of the three kit lenses 18-55, 55-250 and 50 f/1.8, tripod, flash, remote release and some filters, and was on my way.

I have found interest mostly in photographing landscapes. My next stage of realization of the limitations in what I'm doing came when I started to understand the importance of the digital darkroom. I started using Lightroom, and more recently started learning to use Photoshop. This was partly driven by the fact that I don't get a lot of opportunity to make another trip somewhere, so I tried to process old photos as a way to learn post-processing. I don't feel limited by the equipment that I have anymore -- I feel like I need to learn techniques and post-processing a lot more before I feel limitations on that front! In other words, there is a lot of room for improvement with what I have. This is a good thing as far as money is concerned :-)

I use a modest set of Canon equipment:

Canon EOS 6D

Canon Powershot S100

Canon EF 16-35 f/4 L IS USM

Canon EF 50 f/1.8 STM

Canon EF 85 f/1.8 USM

Canon EF 70-200 f/4 L USM

Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550D)

Canon EF-S 10-22 f3.5-4.5 USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS

Canon EF-S 55-250 f4-5.6 IS

Canon EF 17-40 f/4 L USM

I also use a Dolica tripod, Rokinon Flash, Canon speedlight 430 EX II, Caselogic sling bag, and various third party wired remote, filters etc.