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To Photoshop or not?

Posted by Codejoy Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:43:00 GMT

I am not a photoshop junky, I have a business called "Thomas Custom Digital" and yet, I rarely photoshop any of my photos. I might be finally getting some wedding gigs here and in the interest of presenting the best final image I can possibly present, my photography sans the photoshop might change. I like keeping my photography a pure form sort of thing, I often even get annoyed at images that others take that I like that I end up finding out they are heavily photoshopped. Its like nothing is real anymore, makes it feel cheapened slightly. But then if one can make a truely awesome picture with some photoshop magic, then why not? This post was inspired by the strobist speaking of an up and coming photographer named "Joey Lawrence" (no not of the "woah" type). Apparently his work is very cutting edge and most his images are photoshopped. The link here shows off some of the guys work and even there is an YouTube video there.

So I guess I have to decide for myself, to photoshop or not to photoshop ? That is the question

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The fair results

Posted by Codejoy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:01:00 GMT

  • Entry: Color Portrait:

    What a pose

    Result: Honorable Mention

    My take: I like this portrait a lot, in retrospect I shouldn't of cropped it to do an 8x10 print. I had this distinct feeling the smaller prints at the fair didn't uh "fair" so well.

  • Entry: Black and White portrait.

    Leaving portrait

    Result: Nothing

    My Take: One of my all time favorite portraits I took, that looked great in black and white, and nothing go figure.

  • Entry: Color Landscape.

    proud yucca

    Result: Sixth Place Premium (whatever that is)

    My Take: This image has one some other accolades and technically is a perfect picture I would say, it was printed on 8x12 full frame print and matted. I am shocked it didn't do better, but since it did well in other areas in other "competitions" i'm not to upset

  • Entry: Black and White landscape

    just practice again with b&w

    Result: Fifth Place (my highest rating)

    My Take: I am shocked, this was my last minute, "why the hell not" shot to submit, its technically "bad" as it should of used a graduated filter to make the sky match the ground in exposure better. I am shocked.

So there you have it, how I scored at the souther New Mexico state fair. It was all on a whim, so I am pretty happy with the results. Though I have to say, 12$ to get into the fair (more expensive than the main state fair in abq) is just insane.

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