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Why hardcore purists may find difficult to make a good quality photography of a high contrast scene
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.
Tihomir states: "Scenes of high contrast are those that have very bright and very dark areas where we usually expect to see details. Whether you shoot in JPEG or raw mode you let the camera decide how it will distribute the immense amount of data from the sensor into a file."
He goes on to say: "Being a purist is a utopia. The proper philosophy is to use the optimal camera settings that will help the sensor capture the most detail it is capable of. Editing an image doesn't always mean you are trying to save a bad photograph."
The article refers to digital photography, it does not say anything about the alchemy of the darkroom.
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Why hardcore purists may find difficult to make a good quality photography of a high contrast scene
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...
I agree when he says the editing doesn't mean we are trying to save a bad photo. The quality of the photo before editing is of course the most important, but editing can sublimate a picture.
Honestly, ho many h-of us use 100% of the possibilities of our cameras??? Best, Nicolas
Link to the full article
fstoppers.com I think it is OK, but some will disagree. Best, Benjamin
Editing digital photos is no different than what we used to do to manipulate film.
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...
Thank you for your comment, Emil
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
In the article a "purist" has a somewhat negative connotation...
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...
Thanks Casey
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-...
I did notice the 'gray scale'
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