From Editing Snob to Addicted User

Photoshop, does it upgrade or downgrade your images? My infantile days into the DSLR, I was sold on the idea that images should not be manipulated, to the point the original Raw or Jpeg will lose it's true intentions. But the honest truth, even with other users, we REALLY Suck at Photoshop. We convinced ourselves and our viewers editing is a bad thing, and it devalues your creative image. For a long time I snob the idea of editing images to make it look better. The images came out somewhat decent, and did not have the 'pop' reaction to them.

Flash forward to 2010, I was a hypocrite to think editing devalues your images, where in fact, it really enhances it. If the images where focused on journalism, then, there are standard rules that apply for light editing. With the goal of finding the focal point into photography, the story in the subject can also be discovered in the editing mode. Levels, fades, and filters all add a mood and style. Editing also has it's form of creativity.

So now I'm an Adobe believer with intentions of story telling through images. -Focal Finder-