pros and cons on using digital enhancements?

Question

survey purposes only, would be a really big help for me. thanks

Answer 1

Dodging, burning, and cropping are all techniques used by film photographers and are perfectly fine to do with digital as well. The fact that we have greater/easier control over doing this with digital means more of it is probably being done.

Photographers have long been doing variable development times to make the film look different. With digital we have contrast and brightness controls too. All of these tools are perfectly fine to use in digital.

If you are doing photojournalism then you have some responsibility to portraying reality no matter what medium you are using. Forensic photography is another area where any manipulation is not recommended.

So, I am pro for using digital enhancements with the stated limitations. And they are much easier to master than darkroom techniques which is both a pro and a con.

Answer 2

Let me begin with a quote from Ansel Adams, " Not everyone trusts a painting, but people trust photographs"
Photo manipulation is not a new thing, in fact it has been around for as long as there has been photography.
Regarding the topic of image manipulation, some people are very sensitive. However, even the purist is a manipulator and an enhancer. Just consider some of the so called pursist: the F64 group, they are all guilty of burning, dodging, cropping, and pre-visualizing, and by pre-visualizing I am refering to the Zone System. The way a camera/lens sees and records reality is not the same how humans see and record reality that is the eye and the camera are not on a 1:1 ratio. In the case of fine art photography, I personally have no objections whatsoever to the imagery, In fact I like photographers like Jerry Uelsman
However, there is a reason why some people spite enhancements and manipulation. Digital manipulation can be used to undermine the intergrity of certain photographic professions where authenticity is integral for instance photo journalism, and scientific photography. It is essential that authenticity be maintained in such imagery. Important things hinge on the authenticity of photos for example wars. A single photo can start a war just as easily as it can end one. People have faith in photography, but the ease of digital manipuation has in some ways undermined the publics trust in photography, and in some ways has undermined the publics trust in the media.

Answer 3

all of what photoace said

and if you are doing survey work and cant afford shift/tilt lenses then photoshop can be used to correct perpective

Pros: people try to do photography techniques with photoshop

Cons: cant replicate good exposure and use of light using a computer as well as the real thing

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Answer 4

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