The aim is to be as accurate as possible, so your editing needs to be aligned with reality. The purpose of photojournalism is to show (or document) the reality of a place/situation/event to people who aren’t/weren’t physically present. They are so extensively edited that they have moved on from being photographs to becoming stunning works of digital art. They are combinations of various images, that have been intertwined and manipulated with textures, effects, and overlays. These intricate compositions have their roots as photographs. It’s art, it’s your call, go nuts! Edit and manipulate to your heart’s content.Ĭonsider the beautiful work of Henry Friedland. Some people like HDR, some like realism or accuracy to the scene as it was, and some like adding effects or layering/compositing. The edits can be as subtle or strong as you like and the saturation can be intense or not - it’s your call. If you are shooting for yourself, or are a fine art photographer, then it is entirely up to you. Let’s jump right in, and ask ourselves these questions in various fields of photography. How Much Editing is Too Much? And Does It Matter?īroadly speaking, I feel it depends on your intent, on the end-use of the photos. How much is acceptable, is what we’ll talk about now. It can be overdone, it can be poorly done, it can be distastefully done, but is has to be done. So there is no such thing as an unedited image. The last image is the closest, of the three, to what the scene looked like. The right is a JPEG export of the RAW file, edited by me. The middle is the JPEG file exported by the camera. There’s no depth in the color, hardly any detail in highlights or shadows. The left image is the JPEG export of an unedited RAW file.
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