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nadinbrzezinski

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21. Photo shop

Sat May 14, 2016, 01:36 PM

May 2016

We had a scary conversation with my niece and former boss. Wedding photography. Every photo goes through photoshop. Then again, we do a fair amount of breaking news night photography. So I guess I know how to do that and get a good photo. But when we were taking photos at her wedding, not the wedding night, in a pretty dark environment, her boss could not do it without a flash and we were, she asked. We said push up your ISO

I am not kidding, IS what?

That is what I mean. The post processing for most of the age of photography was done in the lab. How long you left a photo in the chemicals for example. Those of us who learned to do that know this better I suppose. Kids these days learn photoshop. One of our local news papers, the UT, just like us....has a copy somewhere, but the most any of us do is well...crop. And my copy is not quite photoshop. You can fix under exposed and over exposed photos. Which you really could not do as well in the lab. You needed to get a good photo to begin with.

Though I admit, the wedding photography does pay bills. News not so much. A lot of the most artistic photography these days relies heavily on image manipulation.

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Memento Mori - 18 Creepy Post-Mortem Photos From The Victorian Era [View all] malaise May 2016 OP

I often forget how sharp_stick May 2016 #1

Yep malaise May 2016 #4

Wow, Edgar Allan Poe is in there. rug May 2016 #2

Couldn't believe it either malaise May 2016 #3

"Memento Mori" definition was just a question on Jeopardy. (I did not know it) virgogal May 2016 #5

That's why I posted this - heard it on Jeopardy malaise May 2016 #6

That's because it was a "trophy picture" taken just after being killed by Union troops Ex Lurker May 2016 #9

Thanks for that malaise May 2016 #11

I didn't make the connection to "Bloody Bill". BillZBubb May 2016 #26

Creepy, yet interesting. smirkymonkey May 2016 #7

Interesting nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #8

Agree re the art form but what is process stuff? malaise May 2016 #16

Photo shop nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #21

OK I get it malaise May 2016 #27

What do you imagine to be processed here? synergie May 2016 #22

Labs was the processing of the age nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #23

So, what were saying was processed here, and which photos were you warning the OP synergie May 2016 #31

Miss it of course not surprised nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #32

Wisconsin Death Trip cali May 2016 #10

Very interesting malaise May 2016 #12

I think you'd find this book fascinating, mal cali May 2016 #14

This tells me a lot about Lesy malaise May 2016 #19

It's interesting how many people treestar May 2016 #13

Technology rules malaise May 2016 #15

Yep. A newborn a few hours old has likely already been photographed several times more treestar May 2016 #17

Not just photographed malaise May 2016 #28

The dead made good subjects back then. They didn't move during the long exposure time required. KittyWampus May 2016 #18

A profound post but it's not just Americans malaise May 2016 #20

In related matter, Buddy RICH's last words: "Is there anything you can't take?" --"Country music" UTUSN May 2016 #24

Haven't seen many of these malaise May 2016 #25

If you dont know about this MFM008 May 2016 #29

I'm always fascinated by life in old days JI7 May 2016 #30

This actually still goes on in some countries, at least before the ubiquity of smartphones. synergie May 2016 #33