Re: Modern Photographers Photoshop to much CHEATERS!
Without calling the degree of photoshopping good, or bad, I think it *is* important to recognize the process. It\'s not just the end product and devotion to a vision by the artist, it is the process itself. I think Weston is a good example. Many of his shots you could have painted, maybe even easily, and been none the wiser. The magic is that he took a real thing, and using the constraints of photography, created something totally different. So I can\'t say I find fault in someone PS\'ing the hell out of something, but I\'m starting more and more to question the point of doing it. Personally, I\'ll retouch out some flaws if they are really compositionally distracting, but I never try and retouch out ALL flaws, because I like to remember that these are real things we are shooting.
Re: Modern Photographers Photoshop to much CHEATERS!
Without calling the degree of photoshopping good, or bad, I think it *is* important to recognize the process. It\'s not just the end product and devotion to a vision by the artist, it is the process itself. I think Weston is a good example. Many of his shots you could have painted, maybe even easily, and been none the wiser. The magic is that he took a real thing, and using the constraints of photography, created something totally different. So I can\'t say I find fault in someone PS\'ing the hell out of something, but I\'m starting more and more to question the point of doing it.
Nov 17, 2009 at 02:10 AM
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