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In a past life, I really enjoyed amateur photography and had a small but nice set of lenses to go with a DSLR. Having high manual control (that only a few phones have) combined with much bigger sensors and specialty lenses (ultrawide, super fast, etc.) gave me a lot of creative options. These days a lot of that can be faked in software or AI, but the results aren't quite perfect.

For me, learning photography at a local community college was a lot of fun, not just in acquiring technical skills but also learning from seasoned professionals on topics like subject matter, time of day, lighting, focus, composition, color, etc.

You can probably get a lot of that through videos today, but it's better when someone experienced can review your actual work and offer real time feedback.