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I find that to not be the case with digital shooters. They set it to auto everything and let it run. IF they decide to take down the information and learn from it, AWESOME. Most of the time, they’re just happy with the results and move on. Click. Look. Erase. Adjust. Click. Look. Erase. Adjust. I’ve seen this repeatedly.
My stance was just that they keep it simple starting out. You’ve assumed that the shooter really cares about the WHY they shoot (as I do too, and hopefully there is truth there).
Have you noticed the amount of images that are just posted and critiqued which are missing real database info to even help the poster? The cost of shooting film (yes has risen as is developing). But, I think that would slow most down to consider the frame they’re trying to capture. And make every frame count. I’ve learned the most by failure. Being able to fail at photography should set most in the right direction. Digital doesn’t seem to allow one to fail (unless, of course like true fauxtogs, they’ve reached their most awesome-ness and are willing to watermark it and hand it out to the public.
For the most part, people get digital so they wouldn’t have to learn the rest. Composition-wise…yes, I see your point. However, I can’t begin to tell you how many I see who get a mid-sized zoom and wonder what the focal length has to do with composition and what it does to subject. Grading and lighting…forget it. People want convenience. Furthermore, SD cards are super-cheap as are hard drives. How many people are truly cognizant of keeping themselves really organized so that their files aren’t lost to crashed drives? Backing up a backup or a backup so that they will have that information in the future.
Recently I had a hard drive crash…luckily I’ve had neg filed away.
I’m sure you’ve had time to read some of the post that have people who work in the world critique their work. I’m not sure how many stop to talk about fill side, in ratio to hot side. There was one who touched on focal length to separate her subject from background (which was interesting to read…thank God she cared). For the most part it seems the reason there are disastrous digital fauxtog shooters are the unlimited bells & whistles with digital that they LOVE applying to their shots which they wouldn’t dare try in film.
I’m still confused about why people would post images that are clearly blurry.