The only reason I don't shoot with a smartphone is that I have problems with the very tiny buttons and my bear paws, plus it doesn't do all the things I want to do. I took college night school classes in DSLR photography for three years, but still have pretty modest gear (Canon T7i). I don't have the time to do a lot of messing around in post production (unless I'm doing astrophotography), so I shoot manual, adjust everything in camera, and use filters. The problem I'm having right now is that I need to get a polarizer that fits my 24 and 40mm lenses, because of the shiny things I shoot these days with those lenses. I'll probably get around to picking one up sometime in the next couple of weeks and that will make it a lot easier to deal with the blade glare.