Before I was a photographer...

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I looked thought my old photos that I took during my trip to Washington and NY 10 years ago.
That was long before I decided to make photography my hobby .
I had a compact 5 Mp Olympus and used Auto mode exclusively. Never ever cared about all those dials, menus, exposures, ISOs etc.
That was all 100% point and shoot. Still some nice shots. So Auto Mode Rules!!!

 

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Before I was a photographer, I'd draw all the time with 2B pencils and Biros. That those pictures of yours were made in Auto doesn't detract much at all for me, for what they show.

Coincidentally, I was thinking this morning about this: when I started to become more technically interested/informed about using an SLR camera. I got my first about 1979/80, but I think it wasn't until the mid-to-late 80s that I began to use more creative control, (e.g. filters, shallow DOF, long exposures, intentional contra-jour); and it was many years before I bounced a flash off of a ceiling or wall

Digital has speeded up the learning/experimentation process considerably!

 

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Three pics from Washington