2007-12-11 17:50:56 · 12 answers · asked by Mere Mortal 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
When I shot slide film many years ago you either "got it right" at the time of exposure or you discarded it. This discipline carried over into shooting print film, even though its more forgiving of exposure errors.
Getting it right in the camera requires, IMO, a bit more discipline than thinking "Oh, I'll fix it in Photoshop."
If you learn the rules of composition and learn to "read" the light and learn to "see photographically" and simply slow down you'll spend more time with your camera and less with your editing programs.
2007-12-11 22:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by EDWIN 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a matter of how you define "photoshopping" an image. Don't you consider sharpening and tweaking an image to be photoshopping? Anyone who has used digital and evaluated it critically understands that a digital image is soft by nature. It's up to you to decide whether you want to accept that or use Photoshop (or something similar) to tweak it. I have several samples tagged "nophotoshop," but they are mostly a test of a camera or something similar. I don't think it's fair to tweak an image and say, "This is what the D300 does and you can get the same results," if you are showing the capabilities of a sensor. Otherwise, I have an almost robotic routine for minor sharpening of any image that I care about. In other words, I think you need to define what you mean by Photoshopping an image. These kidz today think "photoshopping" means to desaturate and resaturate and color highlight and all that. I think it means to clean things up a little bit, but otherwise accept pretty much what you captured in the camera. Either approach would be called "using Photoshop" as far as I'm concerned.
2016-04-08 22:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how you scan the image. I used to develop my own film and my mentor always said more light more information on the negative. So I tend to over expose and fix the prints afterwords. If you scan a print you lose that resolution and the ability to do that. Photoshop only does so much for an incorrectly exposed photo. It screws with the contrast and saturation more than anything. As for composing that is where working on the print comes in handy. You might be a bit off axis or too wide. I always crop my photos.
2007-12-11 18:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by vleighqnz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get it right to begin with. There's only so much that software can do, and it's generally more work to fix things after than to set things up properly to start with.
2007-12-11 17:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by triviatm 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Everyones said it up there. Its better to take the time to take a good shot before taking it into software. When shooting you are working with a different light source compared to a program such as photoshop for example.
2007-12-11 18:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by eatingcockroaches 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps I am a contrarian, but it seems to me despite what has been said (which I agree with in spirit) the actual trend is to make up for average picture-taking with shooting huge amounts of pictures, relying on 1 out of the lot to be good ... then using the amazing tools available today to make that 1 shot really good. The "RAW" option in digital photography encourages this ... Future developments in the range of information a camera can take in when the shutter opens will continue to advance the trend as well.
2007-12-11 18:24:45 · answer #6 · answered by Alex J 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its always better to get right in the camera. When i shot film you had to get it right and you had to trust you knew what you were doing. No digital backs to double check your results no histograms to help.
So yes the technique hasnt changed. Its certainly better to get it right in the camera. But i know it great to have software back you up LOL
2007-12-12 01:47:51 · answer #7 · answered by Grin Reeper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more you can do well in the camera while preparing, and taking the photo, the better. Software fixes have their limits.
2007-12-11 17:53:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
trash in trash out i say...i try to get the composition and exposure right going in because i use minimal software....sometimes i have to soften or screen back some bright lights that are distracting or annoying in a nite shot, but i try to not use much software fixes no matter how incredible the program is it is still limited and they are no majik wand
(so shoot me for my spelling of magic)
2007-12-12 02:51:22 · answer #9 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love the new photography (digital) and the programs that go with it. I was a strait film photographer for 20 years. If you don't get on film you can't get it in the dark room. I find it the same with digital
2007-12-11 18:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by Frank M 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋