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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 127351" data-attributes="member: 12827">No category fits this question really so I will throw it here.Although this question is more applicable to the old timers amongst us who spend(t) many years working with film and darkroom work but anyone here feel free to chime in.So here's the quesiton: Do you think programs like Photoshop (and I guess to a lesser extent Light Box, though I have never used it) made us lazier photographers? Now I would not call myself a master at Photoshop, however I possess above average skills in the program. As much as I have ever needed and if I come up upon a problem I don't know how to fix, I research how to fix it. When you are shooting film, and know you are going to be printing it yourself or sending it out, you seem to be far less tolerant of annoying things, especially in the background. If an object would be distracting, most times we will change our position to minimize or eliminate it. I find myself nowadays though saying "ah, the heck with it, I will just clone it out in Photoshop" rather than taking the time to move. To me at least, this makes me feel like my abilities in PS have made me lazier. What's funny, though, when I shoot film I am right back to the less tolerant, even though I can scan the negative and work it up in PS too.What are your thoughts on this? And when we are done we can talk about other less important topics like world peace</blockquote>