I did a 3 year City and Guilds in photography about 20 years ago. I used a medium format Bronica, always with light meter and tripod.All manual. Among the things left with me was patience to wait for decent light. In today's world that still applies. But as I said earlier I now use digital SLRs mainly set at auto. I upload to my Apple iMac and occasionally tweak with a simple enhancement feature in iPhoto, a very basic editing programme. I don't record when I use it. Strikes me that these days we rely so much on our cameras and editing systems that all the care needed 20 years ago is no longer necessary. Even composition is so much easier with the availability of cropping.
These days I am a happy hobbyist with one client: me. If I'm happy with my pics, I know my family will be too.
Here are four examples of photos taken on a visit to Rome. Wonderful light. But I really will check out what HDR is and what it has to offer.