Photography

I found an article by Tihomir Lazarov (a commercial portrait photographer and filmmaker based in Sofia, Bulgaria) on the benefits of the judicious use of Photoshop. Some hardcore purists may find it controversial or simply completely disagree with it. Tih...  

Honestly, ho many h-of us use 100% of the possibilities of our cameras??? Best, Nicolas

That being said, I keep my files raw most of the time . Cheers, Filip

fstoppers.com I think it is OK, but some will disagree. Best, Benjamin

My second major in school was photography, long before anyone even dreamed digital would exist. I learned to test-develop small portions of a batch of film, ordered in bulk, to determine it's true speed, which was rarely what was stated on the box. Then u... 

I took spot-meter readings and I was paying great attention to detail on the black and grey range. The resulting white may look quite lame. I am still learning. Time will tell whether I can take a really good photo. Best, Benjamin

meaning someone who shoots by an arbitrary set of rules, such as only using natural light, not cropping, and no (limited) post processing as the ideal form of expression. One small nit is that in photography "editing" is defined as selecting which photo(s... 

I agree the article gives a somewhat negative connotation to "purist", but is intended to provide a context for the photgraph. The message I get from the article is that te aim of post-processing software is similar, -although probably easier technically-... 

in the photo and the exposure across the range of gray values... from time to time I have used the "colorchecker | Passport Photo" by x-rite... I have not used a gray card, but I do have a couple of them ; ) ... Casey