Image editing or not - how far should we go as photographers? 

Thanks for your comment. I agree. I even don’t think photography itself is art. To me it’s a craft.

Thank you! I usually don't spend all that much time editing because in recent years "real" is quite a trend.

I see people “Ooing” and “Ahhing” over edited images that don’t look real in any way. I’m new but I like to see freckles, sun spots on older people and crows feet in a portrait. I can’t get into these heavily manipulated photos that are all the rage.

@@annakoon5563 absolutely. Some just overdo it with mainly prebuilt software like portrait pro. For my professional work I always try to edit the images to make them look like I saw the people. Images in general are unforgiving, so a little editing is more natural than the full truth. But more is not always better.

@@wolfamri Yes!! I’ve read that if it’s something temporary like acne or a fever blister, feel free to edit it out. If it’s something permanent, leave it!

Agreed. Plus: if it’s something that a photographer with a trained eye didn’t realize much on location, but is kinda prominent in the image: reduce the prominence, but don’t remove it. But if you are shooting for clients you sometimes have to please their wishes anyway 😂.

Interesting. I wouldn't have expected that 🤔

I totally agree, replacing the sky is something I found really odd. Making people a bit thinner though does have its use. It‘s a weird phenomenon that some people just look different on images than they do in real life. Some better, others worse. I like to modify the images to make them look the way I saw them.

Agree! I hate that replace sky crap. For me that is not photography, is purely imaging manipulation.

😂 Did I say frogs, Mrs President? I meant grass seeds and algae 😬😂. Thanks for your continued support, Jo. Much appreciated 🙏🙏

@@wolfamri 😊 Smile 😊

Thank you, David 🙏

Thank you 🙏🙏 To be very honest, I wasn’t all that happy with this video, because there wasn’t enough video content. So it’s great to hear that!

@@wolfamri Aww!!! So humble 🙂👍 Could you please guide with which software you were able to make you standing and talking like this with background changes like these... Any help from anyone is greatly appreciated 🙂

The technique is called green screen and can be done with various software. I use premiere pro. Key is an evenly lit green background (unless you are an alien and have green skin, then it needs to be blue 😂) and good lighting of the subject. Ideally also a rim light to avoid green spill from the background.

Thanks, Jens. More telling than story 😂

🙏 🤗! There‘s a lot more to come, promised 😉

@@wolfamri Okay :)

Thanks, Shanumukha! Noted ;)

Thank you, Jorge. Wish noted 😉

Thanks, Phil!

That probably sums it up ;)

I'm getting convinced most folks don't want photos anymore.... everyone wants art.

Thanks, Bill 😉. Totally agree on editing in general.

Yes, I did use manual mode, which I mostly do for everything. Reason being is that when I changed to digital, I felt the cameras didn't do an all that great job in regard to metering. And I got so used to it, that I still do it like that, even though cameras these days do a much better job. Plus: with mirrorless you get what you see anyway, so it has become much easier too shoot manual. But would I recommend it? Not really. I usually like to shoot wide open apertures and with the min shutter speed that I have in mind. My camera would let me set Auto ISO with min shutter speed, so Aperture priority with that would definitely be the better method. I need to do that more.

@@wolfamri Thank you for your answer! But if you are in Aperture mode, with ISO Auto, you won't be able to lower the ISO. I have understood in the video that you don't mind having a darker image because you can brighten it up on Lightroom. I thought that it was the reason why you used Manual Mode.

You can always use exposure compensation for that. Let me explain: - I set A mode and the aperture to the lowest possible number - I set Auto ISO and in my camera settings I can choose a min shutter speed for Auto ISO and set it to 1/2000sec Then the camera will choose a higher ISO, whenever it would have to reduce the shutter speed below 1/2000sec If I feel the ISO gets too high and I want to lower that (which is a rather rare case, because I need the brightness anyway), I can dial in a negative exposure compensation. I hope that makes sense.

@@wolfamri Thank you, I understand. But I just had a look at my camera, a Canon Powershot G5X and I don't have the possibility to set a min shutter speed for Auto ISO. So I am not able to do what you do with my camera. The most important thing though, is that I have understood your explanation :-).

Oh yes 🤗. Don’t worry, almost every auto setting of a camera can be done manually if you understand what you are doing 😉

I'm not really sure, if we gathered enough material to do it 😬. We have lots of photos, but not all that much videos because it was extremely windy on our two visits to the area. The weather has been really bad and cold this spring 😥😭

I agree, Paul. thanks for your feedback!

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Thank you. I'm in the same boat. I once had GEO asking me to purchase a license for a thunderstorm shot. I told them that it was a merge of 2 images because I would have a bad feeling selling them something that wasn't 100% real.

Thanks!! I hope there is a little more interest.

Thanks so much! Good luck with the shoot. Communication is everything, so keep talking, even if it’s rubbish things 😂.

You know how to put my mind at ease, dad 😂

Thank you, but I‘m afraid that might take a while. Photoshop is not what people usually expect from me 😉

Thank YOU 🙏🤗

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for your feedback, Pedro!

@@wolfamri no, thank you for all your great work

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Thank you, Ravi!

Thanks Nabi! I really appreciate that 🙏🙏

Good input, thanks! Video is a totally different beast. Too many documentaries basically faking everything to save time and money.

Thanks, Ihab!