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Photoshop, A True Art, or Not?
After vacationing for a week in the Utah mountains and state parks, I couldn’t help but write about photography, considering I took about 400 pictures. I have always loved photography, and tend to take way too many pictures everywhere I go. Out of all the pictures I took during this trip, I got a lot of good ones, but a few in particular really stood out.
This photo, taken by me right outside of Zion National Park during sunset, really made me think about true beauty in photography. This photo is all natural, no Photoshop enhancement what so ever. I was able to take a few good ones like this within that 20 minutes of watching the sun set. I started thinking of all the stories I hear about how some photos are taken into Photoshop and given a complete makeover. I guess if your photo really needs the help, why not, right? Miss Ruby explains it best in her article on Smashandpeas.com, “Photoshop is, in fact, the modern day cosmetic surgery for photographs.”
The following link provides some beautiful pictures by Patrick Smith, who believes in natural photography. His landscape photos are amazing.
http://www.smashandpeas.com/36-stunning-examples-of-landscape-photography/
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against Photoshop at all, and have used it quite a bit, but I do believe that if you are determined and put yourself in the right place at the right time, you can capture true beauty. How do you feel?
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Nice post AJ!
I agree that Photoshop can become "cosmetic surgery", and if over-used it can take some of the magic and organic nature out of photos. But I also believe that it's about the end product. For me, it's all about the moment you see it and the emotions you feel, and not how it was created.
I don't necessarily believe that editing a photo using Photoshop is a cheat, because you could make that same argument for dodging and burning in the dark room. Certainly in the dark room you can't clone stamp or add a zillion filters, but you can adjust the original image, and that's totally acceptable in film photography standards.
So I guess my response is, if it's beautiful and evokes an organic feeling, I don't mind much if a photo secretly got a nose job. :)