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<blockquote data-quote="LensWork" data-source="post: 4316" data-attributes="member: 1283">I always shoot in raw, and I rarely &quot;alter&quot; the image. I will occasionally &quot;enhance&quot; an image by way of minor adjustments to contrast, saturation and of course cropping. My background is in photojournalism so &quot;altering&quot; an image is something that is just not done. I was taught early that enhancements like contrast, density, dodging and burning were acceptable tools to improve image quality, but such things like changing the color of an object, or even removing/adding an object was strictly forbidden. Even cropping must be done with care so that the final image accurately represents the scene, and that no significant object that altered the perception of the scene was omitted. The only time that I have altered an image was for a product shot. The client was a camera bag manufacturer whose product had a grommet for headphones. The only earbuds that I had available during the shoot were of a color that clashed with the color of the bag, so in the final image the earbuds were desaturated so they appeared to be white. Since this was for a product catalog and not a news image, I was OK with the manipulation.I have no issues with those that manipulate images of an artistic nature, though sometimes I think some go too far in over-saturating, etc., but&nbsp; photography is an art, and to each their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LensWork, post: 4316, member: 1283"] I always shoot in raw, and I rarely "alter" the image. I will occasionally "enhance" an image by way of minor adjustments to contrast, saturation and of course cropping. My background is in photojournalism so "altering" an image is something that is just not done. I was taught early that enhancements like contrast, density, dodging and burning were acceptable tools to improve image quality, but such things like changing the color of an object, or even removing/adding an object was strictly forbidden. Even cropping must be done with care so that the final image accurately represents the scene, and that no significant object that altered the perception of the scene was omitted. The only time that I have altered an image was for a product shot. The client was a camera bag manufacturer whose product had a grommet for headphones. The only earbuds that I had available during the shoot were of a color that clashed with the color of the bag, so in the final image the earbuds were desaturated so they appeared to be white. Since this was for a product catalog and not a news image, I was OK with the manipulation. I have no issues with those that manipulate images of an artistic nature, though sometimes I think some go too far in over-saturating, etc., but photography is an art, and to each their own. [/QUOTE]

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