You might be surprised how interested people are in the tools of any trade
https://www.tagari.com/is-stephen-king-still-typing-away-on-...
Does it help them write like Stephen King though?
Its not the same, the act of taking a picture is seen as simply pressing a button - which is true.
The process of designing an image isn't. So if you were an art director in a studio in charge of the look of the model, hair, makeup, etc, nobody will question your credentials, but if you were the photographer hired to simply take the photo, then you're merely an operator of an instrument, not someone with a creative vision.
Most writing these days is also done by pressing buttons.
Yeah, but the series of combinations of the 26 buttons allows for creative expression in a way that photography doesn't.
I'm not sure if I'm agreeing or disagreeing with you, but if you gave me and my wife identical cameras (with identical settings) and let us both loose at a park or kids birthday party, she would get better pictures than me. They'd be framed better, she'd capture better moments, they'd be from better angles etc.
A lot of people are interested in the process behind good writing, up to and including what word processor or analog technology the author used.
That won't help them to write the Great Gatsby though.
I bet nobody goes up to authors and says "Great book - what pen did you use?"