I'm learning to take lighter and lighter gear with me to the locations I like shooting. :D Its the hills that kill everyone (including me) on their way to the spots.
I miss doing primarily outdoor portraiture work in /my/ style. So many people want the light-bathed, golden hour, orange and blue images, whereas I prefer to be more dark green, gold and violet in my palette.
It is a niche; which means I still have to do my day job to pay the bills.
Yes, lighter gear means the possibility of wandering further. For me it is about being practical thoughlet's admit my work would benefit from a camera upgrade. All my gear is aging, and tgey become better and lighter
Yes, I know niche is both good and bad
In music my following will be more faithful, you are generic, but also small size audience. All is balance I guess
I would upgrade lighting before upgrading cameras. :) But lights are heavy and expensive. It is a constant arms race.