It is really a matter of one's personal approach to photography. When I go to a photo exhibit, I am often struck by the fact that while the displayed print may be beautiful or interesting, it is not anything one could see in "real" life. The local photo gallery at the big San Diego Fair has limits on just what processing can be done to still qualify as photography. Beyond that, in my opinion, it becomes digital art. Something that can be created entirely without an original photo, if necessary. It does not make it bad or wrong but just not photography, in my opinion. The advent of digital processing has unquestionably changed the course of "photography" as we used to know it.

I sincerely appreciate all the gracious welcoming messages and look forward to assistance in solving some of my photography "issues" through this forum.

Greetings Hogs,

I am an advanced amateur who has been taking pictures with Nikons for over 50 years. Since shifting to digital (and retiring) I have focused more on improving my capabilities. I now use a Nikon D-800 with many Nikon lenses. My biggest issue right now is that for years I have been using Capture NX2 to process my RAW pictures. Somehow, that program has seemed to be no longer supported and my copy seems to have last quite a few important functions. I am trying to shift to the Lightroom CC and Photoshop pay-by-the-month program which I know opens up a much more capable system. However, despite pretty good tutorials, I am finding the transition to be difficult. Right now my biggest issue is that with Capture, to file processed pictures, all I had to do was go to "Save As" and click on some options. Now, it seems, I have to create a file name for each new picture and somehow export it to another file on my computer. Quite possibly, I am missing something.

Also I am confused that I now have icons for both Lightroom and Lightroom CC - which one should I use?

Thank you in advance.