Taking pictures is narrowing your view in a good sense. Looking through the square hole makes you focus on the composition, colour and details of what you see. It’s all about making choices.
When I was 12 years old I got a camera from my granddad. It was an Agfa, that I know for sure. But I am not sure anymore whether it was a Click or a Clack.
All these years I was convinced it was a Clack-II, but googling pictures of it made me wonder. The image in my memory resembles more of the Click-II.
If you own a Single-lens reflex camera, whether it’s a camera with film (SLR) or a digital one (DSLR), it’s a pity not to use the different possibilities.
Of course, I set my camera on full-automatic too at times, but the only advantage then is the speed of taking a picture.
If you want to have special effects like depth-of-field for example, you have to put the camera on half-automatic or manual.
The manual use of your photo camera will improve your creativity and expose a whole new area of possibilities.