photoshop or not?

When you are out taking photos, do you take them with the thought in mind that you will photoshop it?

Do you always ps a photo?

Do you hardly ever ps a photo?

Do you never ps a photo?

Do you think 'oh well if it is not right I can ps it?'


I am in the camp that I would rather it come out of the camera without the need for ps. Except maybe a crop.

Remember guys no answer is the wrong answer because everybody has different ways of doing things.

When people say "photoshop it", it makes me curious as to what context they mean it in? Does it mean a tweek or a full blown edit?

Well they both serve a pupose and are both a means to an end. If its a cr@p photo, its a cr@p photo and no amount of pp will correct it.

I personally feel that ps is a fundamental part of a photographers kit, just as a dark room is part of film photographers. You will find that even "the best" of photos can do with a colour boost, sharpen, curve adjustment ect ect and doubt that you will find many pros that will produce images straight out the camera for clients.

When i shoot, i dont shoot to PP and i dont shoot not to either. If it needs it, it needs it.

When you are out taking photos, do you take them with the thought in mind that you will photoshop it? if i am out and have an idea for something then i will take it for PS such as the canal shot yesterday was taken specifically for Tiny Town

Do you always ps a photo? no, not anymore, i haven't used photoshop for image editing for a long time, i will however do a thorough check of an image in aperture and make sure there are no real glaring mistakes, i tend to use photoshop and aperture the same way as a traditional film would use a dark room, adjusting brightness and contratc where needed and that sort of editing

Do you think 'oh well if it is not right I can ps it?' I try not to, i now try and get the best shot possible before PS but when i get back and find its not what i wanted then i do think "thank god for PS" but as i get better that feeling is becoming rarer


I am in the camp that I would rather it come out of the camera without the need for ps. Except maybe a crop.i am also coming round to this way of thinking

Remember guys no answer is the wrong answer because everybody has different ways of doing things.exactly

Never. I 'hope' they come out good enough

I don't like spending more than 60 seconds editing a photo. I usually just do slight levels, crop/resize, and slight sharpen to compensate for reduction in size. Sometimes edit out a blip/spot. Usually spend less than 15 seconds from opening an image in PS to exporting it for uploading I really don't have much time.

When I had a camera!!! I just cropped mine and slightly sharpened them if the need arose.

I tend to ditch the crap ones (which is a lot) and then of those I keep about half go through Photoshop.

For me the usual 'going through photoshop' consists of : Reviewing and changing (if it improves the shot) brightness/contrast, dodge/burn the odd area, sharpening, and crop.

Sometimes though I'll go a bit mad and do something whacky in photoshop for fun.

I think most would prefer to get the photo correct when taking it, however although I am not in favour of rebuilding a photo in an editing suit, there maybe justification to tweak a picture to remove unwanted sections etc.

Bazza

I'll try and get the photo as i want it from the camera, if i photoshop any, it's usually levels/crop... rather than bin the image...

if im doing a panoramic style shot, then yes i've got photoshop in mind while im taking it.
and if i take a raw image, then again photoshop will be in the picture at some point

i always try and do mine mostly straight out of the camera but i do some levels (very little) as i can never get the exposures right ! also adding texture layers anyway my cr@p photos goes straight in the bin !!

Guys....did we not have this discussion a week or so ago?