'Manual labour'

In this session i became aware that to have your camera on automatic is a crime within the world of photography although so many photographers do it. For me to gain full awareness of what my camera has to offer my tutor has advised i learn to use my camera in manual control this includes focusing,aperture/shutter control,metering. Harrison has also demanded that we all have our camera set on RAW not jpg. The reason for this i learnt is so that the photograph i get has not been edited at all from its initial form.This enables me to have full control over the editing of my photographs.If i was to have my camera on the automatic setting the camera would act as a brain and automatically change things like the white balance,tone curves,contrast,colour saturation and the sharpening to best suit that situation. Although this is a big convenience i believe in doing this as a photographer you become lazy.