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https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/demean

And sometimes, the thing you can control is ISO. If the choice is push the ISO or not take the shot, you push the ISO.

Go on then. How do you "learn lighting" in an environment you cannot control?

You sound like a pretentious prick. I'm not demeaning you, just letting you know how you sound in case you want to change it in the future.

I wouldn't recommend it. I did some unpaid "apprenticeship" work and it didn't teach as much as took advantage of free labor.