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<blockquote data-quote="AC016" data-source="post: 61283" data-attributes="member: 9619"><p>You really opened up a can of worms with this one. As a beginner/amateur, i am doing what i can to learn how to take the best photos i can with my camera. In regards to post processing, the most i will do is crop a photo. In my opinion, if all someone is going to do is snap a bunch of pictures and not care about the settings on their camera (aperture, ISO, etc.) because they know they can fix it all up in post processing, then they are not really a photographer. They become more of a professional software user. Many people go on about dark-rooms and how it is similar to what Photoshop is today. I beg to differ. Software today is far more capable of manipulating (editing) a photo than any dark-room was. Again, i am not against using software to edit photos, i just can not be bothered to do it to the extent that some people do. To say a photo is not a photo until it is post processed, is a bunch of BS. If you are an amateur like me, try and take the best photos you can the first time around - so you can "learn" the finer points of photography. If you find them a bit dark or to light afterwards, you can by all means fix them and learn from that as well. Further, if you are taking photos that no one else will see except your friends and family, i really don't think you need to crack your head over post processing. In this instance, what matters is that the photos are decent and that you can look at them and remember the times you had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AC016, post: 61283, member: 9619"] You really opened up a can of worms with this one. As a beginner/amateur, i am doing what i can to learn how to take the best photos i can with my camera. In regards to post processing, the most i will do is crop a photo. In my opinion, if all someone is going to do is snap a bunch of pictures and not care about the settings on their camera (aperture, ISO, etc.) because they know they can fix it all up in post processing, then they are not really a photographer. They become more of a professional software user. Many people go on about dark-rooms and how it is similar to what Photoshop is today. I beg to differ. Software today is far more capable of manipulating (editing) a photo than any dark-room was. Again, i am not against using software to edit photos, i just can not be bothered to do it to the extent that some people do. To say a photo is not a photo until it is post processed, is a bunch of BS. If you are an amateur like me, try and take the best photos you can the first time around - so you can "learn" the finer points of photography. If you find them a bit dark or to light afterwards, you can by all means fix them and learn from that as well. Further, if you are taking photos that no one else will see except your friends and family, i really don't think you need to crack your head over post processing. In this instance, what matters is that the photos are decent and that you can look at them and remember the times you had. [/QUOTE]
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