I have no camera here with me in the desert. Well, I have an iPhone with it's camera, but with that I can really only take photos... I cannot finish them. With my phone I lose control and have to take what it gives me. I want control. There should not be a need to collaborate with a computer. The decisions should be left up to me.
It's that and there isn't much of interest to photograph here... sure I could make do and photograph what I have. But what I find to be banal and uninteresting now will I later see as interesting? I'm feeling doubtful on that one. Maybe. Maybe I'll break down and just take what I can get. Beggars cannot be choosers. And it seems that those deployed cannot be real picky either.
This situation is similar to my bike riding situation.
I love riding bikes, but I do not have a bicycle here, so I go to the gym to ride the stationary bike. It's pedaling, and there are handlebars. there's no wind in my hair, but there are televisions to watch.
