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Jul 07
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Dengue Fever @ SummerStage (edited - click through to see original) For quite some time, I’ve been very against processing my photos. I know it’s basically the norm for many a photographer, but there’s an aspect of it that really irks me. Mostly it all relates to how “good” photography is moving less towards the older standards (one’s eye, when shooting, one’s technique, when printing) and more towards who has the money to spend on a fancy camera and who’s good at playing with photoshop. With photography, I’m something of a traditionalist. I still prefer to use 35mm (not so much for parties, etc., but if I’m shooting anything I might consider “art”) and I almost never process my photos (except those I scan, and even then, usually only for contrast). I like how organic the original process is. Light to film, light to paper, paper to chemicals, paper to water. I’m slowly warming up to the idea of processing, because it’s clear that a few slight adjustments do drastically improve pictures, and there’s no sense leaving myself in the dust, but it sill kind of feels like cheating.

Dengue Fever @ SummerStage (edited - click through to see original)

For quite some time, I’ve been very against processing my photos. I know it’s basically the norm for many a photographer, but there’s an aspect of it that really irks me. Mostly it all relates to how “good” photography is moving less towards the older standards (one’s eye, when shooting, one’s technique, when printing) and more towards who has the money to spend on a fancy camera and who’s good at playing with photoshop. With photography, I’m something of a traditionalist. I still prefer to use 35mm (not so much for parties, etc., but if I’m shooting anything I might consider “art”) and I almost never process my photos (except those I scan, and even then, usually only for contrast). I like how organic the original process is. Light to film, light to paper, paper to chemicals, paper to water. I’m slowly warming up to the idea of processing, because it’s clear that a few slight adjustments do drastically improve pictures, and there’s no sense leaving myself in the dust, but it sill kind of feels like cheating.