Excuses

One excuse i hear alot for bad composition and lighting is they dont use photoshop and prefer it straight from the camera. What a load of pish. Photoshop doesnt make a bad picture good. What it does do though is improve a good picture that is well composed and lit.

This picture was shot with a Pentax Mz-5n and lit with the pop up flash. Its a so called straight out the camera picture. Its also one of my most commented pictures on Model Mayhem. 

 Picture on Model Mayhem

The 2 pictures below are an example of an uneditted picture and one thats been worked on in photoshop.

Uneditted

Editted

 This shot was taken on a grey day with poor lighting but with abit of work i created this.

To me when someone says they shoot straight from the camera it means that they are just to lazy to learn all the tools of photography. I also question their motives for taking the picture in the first place. If they cant compose and light a picture whats the point of taking it. You certainly dont turn round to a person who can and say they dont know what they are talking about.

It also makes me wonder if they have ever developed a picture in a darkroom or did they get them developed at Boots. Photoshop is no different from dodging and burning and other processes in the dark room. Youve just got far more tools.