rehess wrote:
Taking lots of pictures is not "practice" - taking lots of pictures may simply mean using burst mode or doing the same {bad things} over and over again. "Practice" requires taking time off to examine the pictures one has taken, determining what worked and what should be avoided in the future, and then applying this learning the next time one takes pictures.
Well first of all you are absolutely right. And thank you for your very good definition of the word "practice". Considering over a billion pictures are taken with cell phones every day and however many millions shot on dslrs as well one would think some of those images might be practice shots. And further, some of those practice shots may lead to at least a small number of better pictures.