In many cases, I want everything to be in focus so I can choose what to look at and enjoy. At the end of the day all these choices boils down the argument of p

In many cases, I want everything to be in focus so I can choose what to look at and enjoy. At the end of the day all these choices boils down the argument of photographer as artist vs photographer as documenter. The artists goal is to essentially decide what part they want you to focus on and how you should experince the scene so that they can elicit the emotional response they want. The documenter wants to show you as accurately and neutrally as possible what the actual scene looked like when the picture was taken. Which one you prefer is entirely dependant on what you think the purpose of a photograph should be.