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The Click Matters

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Photography was considered an art with only a few artists - photographers. People had a camera which would be seldom used and the 36 photo roll would be developed in one go. Each photo was well thought out and carefully taken. Then came the DigiCams that made it possible to take endless photos. This resulted in the 'care' being replaced by endless clicks. Slowly, the digicam moved into the handy mobile phone and it got better and better. And we found ourselves in the age of endless clicks. We click literally thousands of photos and hardly go back to see them. In contrast, we still cherish those 36 photos from a trip from yesteryears (ours or our parents/grand-parents). The most recent trend is that the camera in the phone is improving the quality of photographs itself – with portrait mode and numerous filters. But still, nothing beats the artist. The Photographer. The one who understands balance, light, composition, …. And also focal length, lens types, brightness con