Personally I think phone cameras have come a long way and one should make the most of them including using the RAW option if available it gives you so much you can do with editing the photos
that said I seldom use my phone for photos and when I do I use auto and HDR modes , but then again mostly I am out and about with my camera
As for the auto option on editing programmes I use it often myself, but just as a starting point to see what the program, Lightroom in my case things and then tweak it to my liking sometimes staying close to the auto settings but more often tweaking it a lot to my liking
now not to flood you with info so just a little bit more
the main ones I think you should play with as you get started are the basics I would say
Cropping if need be, Exposure contrast and depending onthe shots tweaking shadows highlights and mid tones
Thanks for the tip! I was looking into Lightroom, but the price seemed a bit high and I wasn't sure if I could justify rolling it into my budget here at work. It looks like they have moved to a subscription model with it. I like having the option of being able to do my own editing (once I figure it out), but for now, I am not sure what I am going to do with all these massive files. I know you and I already discussed that a bit in your one post!
Yeah I subscribe to it and justify to myself since I use it everyday
I’m sure there are other cheaper options out there but have been using it so long I am used to it
It looks like it is only about $10 per month, so that really isn't too bad in the grand scheme of things. I tried playing around with DarkTable, but I can't really see what it does to make the photo better versus the JPEG version. I think I would need to actually sit down with someone so they can explain what they did with the file. I'm really starting to appreciate how much time editing takes up.