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<blockquote data-quote="TedG954" data-source="post: 68087" data-attributes="member: 9701">I'm not a professional photographer, nor do I intend to pursue that career. Or, any other career for that matter. So.... what I do, in the privacy of my own home, with a consenting photograph, is my business...&nbsp;&nbsp; I like Photoshop. I like Photmatix. I like Paint Shop Pro. And, I like Picasa.&nbsp; I produce photographs as a hobby and part of that hobby is experimentation, like over-baking, replacing natural colors, and anything else I decide.&nbsp; Creativity is the fun part of photography, in my humble opinion. Waiting two years to expand that creativity is counter-productive.&nbsp; It's your camera and it's your time.&nbsp; Do what pleases you.&nbsp; Not everyone likes everything all the time. If I get one pleasing (note I didn't say good) photograph out of 100 taken, I call it success.&nbsp; While I can understand the purpose of the article, I completely disagree with its premise.&nbsp; If we all follow the same rules and guides, what does that say about our reasoning for being &quot;photographers&quot; in the first place?I don't sell my photographs. So, you get what you pay for. I do it for my own personal enjoyment. I don't like sushi either. Does that make me a terrible person?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TedG954, post: 68087, member: 9701"] I'm not a professional photographer, nor do I intend to pursue that career. Or, any other career for that matter. So.... what I do, in the privacy of my own home, with a consenting photograph, is my business... I like Photoshop. I like Photmatix. I like Paint Shop Pro. And, I like Picasa. I produce photographs as a hobby and part of that hobby is experimentation, like over-baking, replacing natural colors, and [U]anything[/U] else I decide. [I] Creativity [/I]is the fun part of photography, in my humble opinion. Waiting two years to expand that creativity is counter-productive. It's your camera and it's your time. Do what pleases you. Not everyone likes everything all the time. If I get one pleasing (note I didn't say [I]good[/I]) photograph out of 100 taken, I call it success. While I can understand the purpose of the article, I completely disagree with its premise. If we all follow the [I]same[/I] rules and guides, what does that say about our reasoning for being "photographers" in the first place? I don't sell my photographs. So, you get what you pay for. I do it for my own [I]personal [/I]enjoyment. I don't like sushi either. Does that make me a terrible person? [/QUOTE]

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