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When does it go from photography to just digital editing?
I'm a bit of a purist, it would seem. I'm just curious about other people's opinion of the matter? I can understand small light corrections and very minor tweaks in post production, but to me it's less photography and more Photoshop when it goes beyond a certain point.
I think this is going to lead to a different type of photographer. One not worried about exposure or color balance or ISO levels, at some point it loses it's edge.
Granted, many of the things that I think is "ok" to fix post-pro can also be taken care of with on camera equipment or settings, but does anyone else feel like it's just.....different?
thanks,
rock
Nice way of putting it bob.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I agree with you. I think a camera should be used to show what's really there, but photoshop is used to show something that isn't really there. To me, they're opposites.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It IS different.. Digital photography IS different... The process is different. The capturing medium is different. Image quality is different. The whole thing is - different.. But..
The whole point is for the photographer to get HIS (or her) idea across to another, of what they "saw".
Ansel Adams would work for hours on end dodging and burning, selective developing of areas on 1 print to make it the way he saw it and the way his mind saw it. Most of his work would be imposable to capture in a single photograph with out his masterful skills at developing film and his skill in the dark room. People don't realize how much manipulation he did to each and every one of his images and not a single one was ever a straight print.
There are indeed different kinds of photographers but we are all struggling to achieve the same thing. Bring OUR vision to the eyes of others. How we do it, how we get there isn't the issue, but just doing it is.. Oh, one most definitely has to worry about exposure.. Color balance, digital or film in a wet dark room can be controlled. ASA or ISO levels are not as important on digital as it is in film for a number of reasons, but if the exposure is off, it's off and not a whole lot you can do to save it. However, digital editing or darkroom manipulation, whats the differance..?? Your still tweaking the image in some way or another. There is NO color darkroom printing that doesn't mandate SOME kind of adjustments..
So what is - pure - about it when one has a vision and they wish others to see it..?
Bob - Tucson