Before you spend a dime on new equipment I would encourage you to look at these images a long time and see what makes them special. Then ask yourself this question: Can I duplicate that? I suspect you will find that much of what he is doing could have been duplicated with a good point and shoot.For instance, look at the first series of images. The photographer has chosen an overcast day and allowed very few colors into the images. He has even desaturated most of the colors in PP...except for the girls dress. That's brilliant! It focuses our attention exactly where he wants it in a very subtle and effective way. He also likes to make the images look as much like snapshots as possible, theough they are very well composed. Look at the image where they are leaning against the walking bridge. The gently curving line of the bridge is a strong compositional element that is broken by the couiple, thereby bringing attention to them. Can you do these things? Absolutely, Will you need new equipment to do them? Nope. Invesing time in studying these images and will bring you a lot closer to getting similar shots than spending money on new lenses.
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