Digital BW, The Print

Oh, for heavens sake! Should we also divulge which, if any, filters were
used on the lens? Why can't we think of Photoshop as just another
evolutionary development to make our images look like what was in our
mind when we took them? Isn't that what the zone system is all about?

Barbara White

Richard Sintchak wrote:

> 
> I have no problem with manipulating or enhancing an image in PS. I
> just think photographers should be EXPLICITLY up front about what, if
> any, PS tools and techniques may have been used. The biggest problem I
> see, and the most dishonorable trend I see, is where photographers are
> using PS to create tonal ranges and/or hue adjustments, then say
> nothing in their image description. This "silence" tends to
> purposefully create an "aura" and tends to completely imply that the
> photographer, through talented field techniques and camera skill,
> captured that once in a lifetime light when in reality, while they may
> have captured a very good image, they absolutely needed PS to make it
> over the top.
> 
> Some say we should all use our "artistic license" to make our images
> the best they can be. Artistic license is one thing, but the more
> one's artistic license depends on mouse movements in a computer the
> less merit there is to the art.

Barbara White Architectural Photography
http://www.barbarawhitephoto.com