who says photoshop is cheating

[Guest]

many times I have heard people saying about getting it right in the camera, photoshop is cheating etc etc etc. People always say in the old days you just couldn't do that, well take a look at this and see just what was possible with film and without photoshop

 

http://petapixel.com/2014/10/17/beauty-retouching-early-1900s-portrait-actress-joan-crawford-thats-photoshopped/

[kev7d]

Interesting read.

[colinb]

many times I have heard people saying about getting it right in the camera, photoshop is cheating etc etc etc. People always say in the old days you just couldn't do that, well take a look at this and see just what was possible with film and without photoshop

 

 

 

and so have us all Richard, but those with their eyes open know different.

 

I'm not sure if this link has ever been posted on TIPF...

 

https://fstoppers.com/post-production/how-photos-were-edited-darkroom-days-2994

[ChrisLumix]

I developed my own B&W film/prints back in the day. There were continuous processing decisions from start to end: choosing a particular film (you can't change your sensor!), the developer chemicals and developing times, the paper used; I also developed B&W shots from colour negatives, plus I cropped via the enlarger, and occasionally did some dodging and burning. It seems just being dogmatic to assert it has to be 'got right in the camera'.  There have always been ways to improve pictures, and why not? Photoshop has been around for more than 25 years, which is quite a big chunk in the lifetime of photography and precedes digital.