This is a brief excerpt from F-Stoppers
It occurred to me today that the vast majority of modern photographers are completely dependent on the perks of technology to make their images. Of course even in the darkroom there is a certain level of “tweakability” but never before have we been able to do the things we can now. The phrase “fix it in post” is so commonplace today that everyone assumes that we can alter the very fabric of reality in Photoshop…and while that may be true, it’s the wrong mentality in my opinion. Thinking this way enables us to become lazy in the studio. Rather than making sure the shot is as perfect as it can possibly be in the camera, many photographers rely on post processing to make it work.
Now before you jump on the flame wagon let me clarify. Of course there are commercial jobs that require extensive retouching, and effects that digital can’t reproduce without post processing because guess what? We aren’t using film anymore. Light leaks, double exposures and expired film don’t play a role in digital photography. I get that. What I’m talking about here are poorly exposed images. A simple problem to fix …
By: David Bickley
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