For anyone wanting to get into photography for more than just snapshots of people at a party it is often a painful process, they buy expensive kit, learn all the tech behind it and then hope they get good photos but end up being disappointed.
The problem is learning to see something and knowing how it will look as a static two dimensional photo. Evaluating the range of colors in the scene to see if they will complement each other on a photograph and keeping track of things that distract from the intended frame. Things become much more difficult if you intend to do black and white versions of the photo since you cannot just see how something will look once converted into a black and white.
It is for this very reason that I carry my point and shoot 4 meg pixel camera around, it is not a great camera, did not cost an arm and a leg and force me to concentrate on aesthetics rather than sharpness, tonal range, depth of field and all of those things that while being required knowledge often distracts amateurs or semi pro's that's still learning to find their vision.
It takes patience and practice, something that an article titled Finding Ones Vision on The Luminous Landscape covers and explains very nicely, well worth a read.
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