I don't really consider photography &quot;art&quot;, at least in the same way I would view an oil painting. Particularly with the development auto-focus and one-hour processing and now especially with the advent of digital photography, things have become so democritized that it's virtually impossible to set oneself apart as an &quot;artist&quot;.<br/><br/>Yet I find photographs themselves aesthetically pleasing and, (in an &quot;artistic&quot; sense), have the potential to change the way in which you look at the world around you.<br/><br/>It's all about framing.<br/><br/>That's big in the legal profession. Ordinary lawyers accept the playing field pretty much as they find it. Good lawyers spend their time re-framing the issues. Cropping. Changing the battlefield.<br/><br/>Photograpy sometimes helps you to notice things you might have missed. Brings things into focus. Re-frames the subject, or the background, changing the perspective, priority, composition, and depth of field.