Well I came from a poor country, so due to leap frog effect, I directly got into digital photography, and eventually I went into analog. The things I have lear

Well I came from a poor country, so due to leap frog effect, I directly got into digital photography, and eventually I went into analog. The things I have learned about digital and post processing (and I did that a LOT) is: * Always shoot in RAW mode, why ruin you images by making the stock software by Canon to convert them into dumpy JPEG format. * Always underexpose digital photos. Digital sensors these days have pretty good exposure latitude (almost as good as analog some even say). When you shoot in RAW and underexpose, you can recover almost everything. Digital sensors are HORRIBLE in capturing highlights. You're commenting on how proud you are at your camera in capturing the shadows of the fog scene, but the highlights of the photo are completely butchered. * While post-processing, invest in a good monitor calibrator. Granted they can be expensive, the cheaper version of that is to at least do your work in middle brightness of the monitor (irrespective of the actual brightness level you work in) and then crank it up all the way and see how it looks, and crank it all the way down and make adjustments. * For actual software, I prefer lightroom, because you can create all sorts of presets for it and see immediately how any photo will look in it. You can also buy presets (like VSCO has some good ones) from third parties to expand your collection. * Discard more shots. That (i.e. being more selective) makes a HUGE difference between a good photographer and an average one. Finally, I'd say you should try your hand in Medium format analog. Nearly nothing I did in digital came close to a single Medium format shot I've taken.