jamesdak wrote: gdanmitchell wrote: RustyBug wrote: I'd say it is not a universally adopted practice for expecting PP to do all the rendering. Some folks will still prefer the natural aspect of the optic vs. pp.
Regarding: “ I'd say it is not a universally adopted practice for expecting PP to do all the rendering.” Hence threads like this one, right?
And no one suggests that “PP… do all the rendering.” Good lenses are still important, just not in the way and form that they were in the pre-digital past.
Well, as someone who utilizes very little post processing in his work I'll say the performance of a variety of lenses is still very important to me. I guess I still have a lot of the old school mindset that photography is about painting with the light, not manipulating pixels in post processing.
Well, that and I'll readily admit that I hardly now how to do anything in photoshop even with decades of using it, ! I certainly can't believe I'm the only one that still works this way. It seems to me that being an expert in post processing would just make me a sloppy photographer...maybe I'm wrong....
Of course purpose may come into play with how folks view this also. If my living was made off of it, I guess it would be a lot more vital for me to be proficient at the post process side of things. But since my photography is for me and the sheer joy of just doing it I can continue to feel and work the way I do.
Here is another view of how the editing process actually fits into photography these days. A
Every image you make is edited. Either by you or by someone else's algorythm. At least when you edit your own images they are closer to your own image edited to your own vision. This is true whether working analog and sending out for developing and printing, or digital and accepting someone else's algorithmic processing.
For sure, but just to an extent. When I see folks totally change the photograph via post process that it loses me. Like mentioned several post back about how easy it is to remove the tree "growing" out of the boys head. Seems doing stuff like that to me is just a lie. But to each their own. My photography is for me and I play by my own misguided set of rules. !
Nov 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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! I certainly can't believe I'm the only one that still works this way. It seems to me that being an expert in post processing would just make me a sloppy photographer...maybe I'm wrong....