Comments on: Photoshop vs. My Camera

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iSwitchr.com » Test Post Title — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:54:27 +0000

[...] Kelby has posted a very interesting article on his blog where he discusses the issue of Photoshop vs. The Digital Camera. This is a debate that tends to get heated no matter where or when it pops up. Some people believe [...]

By: Jason D. Moore Photography » Blog Archive » P&P Weekly: #51

Jason D. Moore Photography » Blog Archive » P&P Weekly: #51 — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:03:33 +0000

[...] Scott of Photoshop Insider highlights a discussion about Photography vs. Photoshop. [...]

By: Allen Arnold

Allen Arnold — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:38:10 +0000

If photography is just in the camera then the only true photographers are those who shoot slide film and Polaroid’s. They are the only ones that do not do post manipulation. And we all know that Ansel Adams only took his development to Kodak from printing. Ever great photographer has improved their work in post production. What is important is that we are honest about our work and how it has been achieved.

You are right â€œlifeâ€™s too short to spend your time removing telephone wires.â€

By: ~Sheryl

~Sheryl — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:54:34 +0000

Very true! And quite quotable: “lifeâ€™s too short to spend your time removing telephone wires.” Extremely funny.

I am new to both photography and Photoshop. So for me it’s easier to take it right than to fix it later. But when I do mess up the exposure or need to crop something out and frame differently, you have taught me great things. Thanks.

By: Rolph

Rolph — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:30:57 +0000

Great Blog entry Scott. I couldn’t agree more. Photoshop is a nice tool but as a photographer it is more pleasing to capture the real thing rather than to make it the way that it could have been. And all those little small tweaks sure do take a lot of time.

So next week in Photoshop User TV a tip for photographers? With a camera instead of a MacBook Pro

By: Thoughts on Design » To PhotoShop, or not

Thoughts on Design » To PhotoShop, or not — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:09:05 +0000

[...] Kelby has a great post about Photoshop vs. My Camera. â€œCanâ€™t you just take them out in Photoshop?â€ Yup, I could but I really hate doing that, so [...]

By: Carl Pullein

Carl Pullein — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:02:37 +0000

100% agree. When I shoot my goal is the perfect shot. I have very little time to playing around in Photoshop adding things I could have added when I made the shot.

Photoshop is my playground – where I go to to have fun and relax. It’s where I experiment, it’s where I test the boundaries of my creativity. I NEVER soot thinking I can add something later in Photodhop.

Scott, once again you hit the nail right on the head.

By: Kim G

Kim G — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:22:42 +0000

Scott, were you at Nubble Lighthouse? If so, I try to photograph it every year when my wife and I head back to Maine to visit my family. If it wasn’t Nubble, which one was it?

By: Mel Lammers

Mel Lammers — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:03:45 +0000

For me it is like writing. If I have to go back and fix things all the time, it takes much longer than getting it right the first time.
Thanks Scott for the reminder.
Mel

By: David duChemin

David duChemin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:24:22 +0000

I am still not sure what amazes me more – that this debate even exists, or that it engenders such hostility and mean-spiritedness. Why can’t we all just get along? More pragmatically, I have found that when this debate rages and I feel the need to be true to my Canadian roots and play peacekeeper, I just ask the beligerents which is better – Canon or Nikon. That sets them running rabidly in a different direction and give sme the chance to run like hell.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:06:20 +0000

Scott,

I have heard, read and participated in discussions about Photoshop vs. My Camera. I am a novice at best in both using my camera and Photoshop. I would agree with most everyone and try to fix it in the camera versus fixing it in post production.

However, as a former mechanic I know how to use the tools in hand. Photoshop and a Camera are both complimenting tools. Sometimes we or I just canâ€™t avoid doing it right the first time in the camera. Photoshop affords me the ability to have a second chance.

I did run across a good article in PopPhoto.com,
Editorial: Special FX
How one creative photographer channels his inner Dali with no help from Photoshop.

Give it a read.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:59:08 +0000

Well said.
By the way, could you point me in the direction of improvement for the less prof. camera users like myself.
I am never going to lug around a camera I cannot afford to shoot moments in our lives. I have a basic Canon PS A630 which fits nicely in my purse. And is available when moments in my life happen. Out of 10 pics, 2-3 keepers. KWIM? TYIA for any tips/help you could point me towards.