cameraf4 wrote:
And that is the trap, Steve, as I see it. A beginner can buy a nice DSLR, put it on Auto Focus, Auto ISO, Auto White Balance, Program Auto Exposure, and go out "pointing-and-clicking", get good results and THINK that he is a good photographer (or, worse, that there is simply nothing to photography. "Any fool off the street can do it.") "P" is a tool that has its place. But "God Bless the Child" that actually wants to learn and starts experimenting with the camera settings.
And that is the trap, Steve, as I see it. A beginn... (
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I see people saying things like this, and then I see people saying that a great photographer would take great pictures with an instamatic.
I believe we think too much about the technical side of things, and not nearly enough about composition.