An opening statement

For all that is good about digital photography a world of what is wrong sneaks below the surface a world of mediocre images created by camera's that do all the work. The learning curve of photography has been reduced to a 300 page manual.  Jump to the "Auto" button and away they go. The days of learning "how to take pictures, how to read light, how to compose" have slowly eroded into point and shoot world, where computers and software fix the mistakes, or create the images. The professional world of photography is slowly drifting away.