Learning cinematography is also really helpful in photography and vice versa. Especially when you learn how they make fake sunlight from the window. :O
Yeah photography nowadays include the editing, most of the time. I still was able to stumble upon those photography purists 10 years ago where they would argue that any editing software that touches the photographs shouldn't be called photography anymore even with slight cropping. Nowadays most of the photography you've seen on the internet are edited and there is nothing wrong with that. It's also an art form and the camera's capabilities are limited too, like it can't just capture landscape and the clouds at the same time while being balanced. Some photographers use lens attachments for that even.
agree!