Being new to anything, whether you’re a web developer writing bad code or a new photographer trying to pose your first subject, you will certainly make mistakes. Humility is one of the greatest virtues when you’re trying to learn something new, especially when becoming a professional photographer. You might have expectations of being perfect right […]
Real or Photoshop?
Real or Photoshop? In the early days of Photoshop it was easy to spot a heavily-manipulated image. However, Photoshop has grown over the past 25 years to become the gold standard in image-editing, and has become so robust and advanced that the editing process makes everything look seamless and believable. Some people think it’s easy […]
Does Photoshop Ruin Photography?
Editing images in Photoshop is the photographers’ tool of constructing and deconstructing our photographs until it reaches our idea of perfection. However, image editing seems to be getting a bad rap recently, and it almost seems like ‘manipulation’ has become a dirty word. I noticed this recently during the controversy at the World Press Photo […]