Just want to share a conclusion that this new digital shooter has arrived at.
A mediocre digital shot is still a mediocre picture. In other words, just because software is available to edit, does not mean that an average shot will become an extraordinary one.
I come by way of this conclusion due to the uncomfortable discovery that I was editing to "save" photos that in my film life I would have tossed without a second thought. I was beginning to question whether digital was for me, because I just wasn't getting the level of "quality", or so I thought.
But....really, I just wasn't doing the things that I know are the right things. I got lazy, thinking that it could be "enhanced" in editing.
Bottom line. A good photo is always a good photo. Editing can bring out it finest features, but they need to be there initially.
Message edited by author 2003-10-18 20:30:54. |
