"There’s a version of photography that’s pure fun, where you just shoot and chase what feels cool. But there’s also a version where you decide the settings matter because you care about the output enough that you don’t want luck deciding everything for you. Exposure, composition, grain, editing: it’s all settings. Not settings for their own sake, but settings as a way of making your intent visible. Sometimes the difference between ‘pretty good’ and ‘oh damn’ is five minutes in the annoying menu. Sometimes the menu is the point. Sometimes that’s where you plant the trees."