The point was to understand there are differences and these differences often require the development of a different eye then you may be used to using.

To summarize using the viewfinder to isolate the scene will allow you to see different subjects, colors, light, scenes, moods, textures, and much more. Every possible compositional element comes into play including anticipated post processing and even movement within the scene.

I want my photography to be different, to invoke emotions I’m feeling to show what I’m seeing, to share what I see in my personal mind’s eye with the viewer. Postcards can’t do that. So I use other photographers as a sort of wind sock,

Part of this trend was the desire to every control and adjustment in Lightroom. If the control is there it must be used. Right? Errr… no.

Buy it with the intention of using it, and using it often and hard. What a great value that will turn out to be. Heck, virtually 100% of the images on this site were shot with one of the above cameras!

Sometimes our images are taken on someone else’s schedule, so we can’t wait for the best light or circumstances. The best we can do is to grab a solid composition and proper exposure and if we really like the image we can put in the effort to use advanced (extreme) image processing techniques to get the most out of them at a later time.