Lessons of youth

LOL, I visited one of those photography forums back in the film days when one could develop and print his own pictures. No one talked about what one did to take pictures only about things like the resolution of a 35mm lense on a 36 inch print or the supposed improvement in your work depending on whether it was a Leica, Canon, Nikon, etc. ( And I want you to know I used a Nikon F3 and a 1.2 50mm lens. I was, presumably, then a serious photographer! No? :-) The real fun was in just taking snap shots of interesting stuff and playing with the negs in a dark room for my own enjoyment. 

The real fun in audio is listening to the music! The rest is just filling empty time. 

My thinking is that in both photography and audio it starts with composition. Then how that which is compose gets presented.

Heck, sometime my thinking leads me astray.:-)

Photography and audio forms can have the nitpicky folks that like to brag and criticize others. They have the bullies too---so its definitely an ego trip for many, unfortunately. You can even spot them in the YouTube comments of audio reviewers.

@newbee - as a photographer since the 60's, I know what you mean! When I show people my photos and they ask what kind of camera (meaning brand) I used, it's a tad frustrating as that is totally besides the point; it could have been any of a dozen or more cameras and the picture would look just the same! Now if they ask me about what developer I used, that's different, as that could definitely affect how the image looks.... 

@larsman

Me as well… since the 60’s. I slowly switched to digital in the 90’s and really started get good in the 2000’s. A hundred thousand photos from around the world as I traveled for work.  A few years ago I finally decided to ask myself if a Leica was worth it. I preordered a M10. The output was different. It took me a year to fiigure out why. Virtually all the best photos I have taken were taken with my Leica. This is where I got exposed to the same stuff we get here about interconnects and power cords… makes a huge / no difference… expensive is better / rip off of the ignorant wealthy.

BTW, there is a “Leica Look”, it is a unique camera (M series) that lends itself to more inspiring or artistic photography through greater lens resolution, better focus when lenses are wide open, greater color detail and color contrast at lower light levels. While theoretically you could modify photos in Photoshop… there is a lack of detail in the categories I mentioned above that would make it very difficult. So, throw this into a photo forum and you get everyone throwing stuff at each other… except from long termed Leica owners that have also figured this out.