I think shooting with a digital camera where everything is electronic and automatic, that it is easy to let the camera do the thinking for the shooter. And for a beginner, the dizzying array of controls can be quite confusing, what with all the in-camera adjustments that can be made with the variety of buttons, wheels and other controls. It takes time and experience to learn how to use the camera. I learned on the venerable Pentax Spotmatic, Yashica TL super and a Canon 35mm cameras. There were just four controls--shutter speed, aperture ring, focus and ISO (then referred to as ASA) setting. Everything was manual, so you had to think, and film, while not as expensive as it is today, still wasn't cheap, and I had to pay for processing. I didn't have a darkroom, so I couldn't fiddle with that, either. the end result was that I had to be careful what and how I shot, so as to make every exposure count as much as possible. I learned on Ektachrome and Kodachrome, and still have hundreds of slides taken in the 60's.

I love the versatility of the digital camera, and the electronic control do the same thing as the manual ones did. I just don't have to match a needle in a bracket to get a good exposure. I'm still learning, as there are terms and functions that still confound me. Bottom line is that there is no substitute for doing the "right stuff" with the camera in the first place. You just can't use PP to turn a bad shot into a good one. Yet you can use PP to make a good shot better.