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I'll also add that people tend to like professional pictures better than their own. If I think of my wedding, as pictures, I like the professional ones better,

I'll also add that people tend to like professional pictures better than their own. If I think of my wedding, as pictures, I like the professional ones better, while I like the ones my friends took more for the memories they bring than for the inherent quality of the picture. The pictures you see in magazines are all touched up and beautified. You barely ever have pictures straight from the camera. And this is definitely the appeal to all these filters: anyone can make a picture that has some of the qualities of a professional picture, but for banal events and things of your life, when you wouldn't get a professional.

ojbyrne 15y ago
Part of this is hardware, specifically lenses. Camera and phone manufacturers toss around megapixels and other technical specs with impunity but just look at a SLR prime lens. It is much larger, so that for a given shutter speed and ISO, it just simply lets in more light. Which allows for better pictures that have more dynamic range, more detail and less noise.
- innes 15y ago
  ...and the ability to select a shadow depth of field is probably a bigger factor in achieving the "pro look" than raw sharpness etc.