Too much agonizing over little things

I like Thom! I think he is on the money most of the time. However, if you have a scratched lens I would be a little T.O.! Wouldn't the scratch impact the outcome of the picture? I know PP probably can clean it up. However, lens are expensive these days. Otherwise, settings and the rest I would agree without hesitation. I think this was more amid at amateurs than the pro. I for one am an amateur, however, I don't really fuss over a lot of the settings most of the time. Probably why my picts are so bad! In my case Thom would probably tell me slow down and probably fuss a little more. I am at the other end of his spectrum. I try it get it right in camera, however, in PP it seems to make some corrections, knowing that I am off just a tad. Welcome to being an amateur.