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Processing Snobbery
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I have always thought the opposite. I dont have photoshop so I dont use photoshop..or any expensive editing program. I dont usually mention that I dont post process in extreme because I have always felt like people think that those who are not processing wizards are the inferior…go figure~
I just let people critique what they see and usually get very little comment about ways to improve My processing anyway~Sort of funny that most people believe that a *no postprocess* comment is arrogance.
I always just think of it as a disclaimer, to help others understand that the ultimate goal was not technical perfection.
So far I have found that ALL post processing only enhances the output from good timing (right place right time) combined with good composition.
That’s 80/90% of the shot – the rest is just embellishment – and you can’t invent what isn’t there with ANY software!Dave – lol… brilliant!
Sharon – Yes, I can see the point you are making, and I wasn’t suggesting that everyone who makes the ‘no processing’ statement is being arrogant,
it’s just, I have come across some people who consider it to be elitist, or something. In particular, film users who scan negs.I understand the technical perfection thing too.
Which is maybe the point Ken is making, about getting it right at the time of taking.
Anyway, a silly discussion. I’ll get me coat…
jessthespringer wrote:
Dave – lol… brilliant!
Sharon – Yes, I can see the point you are making, and I wasn’t suggesting that everyone who makes the ‘no processing’ statement is being arrogant,
it’s just, I have come across some people who consider it to be elitist, or something. In particular, film users who scan negs.I understand the technical perfection thing too.
Which is maybe the point Ken is making, about getting it right at the time of taking.
Anyway, a silly discussion. I’ll get me coat…
Only 33 replies Sinead – the REALLY silly ones go on for 1100+ :wink:
Hi Sinead,
I go away for a few days and come back to find
a gem of a thread.I think it’s pretty normal to get irked now and then.
It’s a bit like an itch.
I get an itch (Irk) sometimes and I just got to scratch it.
Sometimes the itch goes away when it’s scratched but
other times it get just gets worse and turns into a rash
making me wish I hadn’t scratched it in the first place.I understand the feeling you expressed in your first
post on this thread.
I have thought “why did they say that?” when reading posts.
It shouldn’t really matter and it dosen’t really but I still
think about it.I got irked recently when a member replied to his own
unanswered post with something like “anyone?”.
I replied to his post and also said I was irked.
I shouldn’t have mattered to me but I got it off my
chest and it was taken with good grace by the
member concerned.I was irked last year when a camera club member was
showing a non-digital print and announced “you won’t get
detail like that with digital”
Maybe he was 100% right.So we irk and we get irked.
Pretty normal I would say and no harm to express
how irked we are now and then.John.
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