Anti-Anti post-processing

I’ve talked about photographers being anti-post-processing. You know, the photographers who believe photographs are less than real photographs or photographs that are not post-processed somehow rank higher than photographs that have been, as they say, Photoshopped. But what about photographers that are anti-anti-post-processing? What is anti-anti-post-processing? I’m not sure that is a real word but what I mean is photographers who believe a photograph is better or ranks higher if it was post-processed.

I may be, inadvertently, giving off the impression that I am anti-anti-post-processing. I’m not. To me, to post-process or not is a matter of personal style. I post-process virtually all my photographs, at least to some extent. I can also achieve the look and feel I want with many types of photographs without post-processing. I have a style, as eclectic as it may be, I like for my photographs. I have an opinion, don’t we all, about what I believe may enhance a photograph, but if it isn’t my photograph it is ultimately up to the photographer to decide if the final product meets their expectations.

I am always willing, sometimes for a price, to teach others how to post-process. How far they or I want to go can vary. Much of my work is minimally processed mostly because I shoot RAW and the colors are a bit muted, sharpness is a bit dull, contrast may dull I also shoot to give myself the most dynamic range of a scene. This may cause some areas to be a bit underexposed and other areas a bit overexposed. I shoot to get, what I think, to be the best quality image to achieve my final pre-visualized look. I can also shoot many subjects that need little to no post-processing.

The short of it is, I try to not be anti-anything when it comes to producing our photographic art.