“I don’t trust words. I trust pictures.”
Gilles Peress
How much different does your photo look before it got to your computer and after it was processed with filters, color correction, frequency separation and other magic tricks? We asked 4 Los Angeles photographers the same thing 🙂
The full interview is available of YOUTUBE. For your convenience, here is the transcript of it as well.
@cerlov : So, I don’t really do any photo shopping or anything like that to my images. So, mostly, it’s just I like to preserve the natural beauty that is … I definitely like people to feel confident, to be themselves, and so I do a lot of natural light, natural looks and everything like that and then, yeah. So, I do very loose editing. Mostly just color tones and that’s about it. And just empowerment. Self-empowerment.
@carloparducho: The nature of the images I make require a bunch of compositing and masking. So, yes. I do spend a lot of time in post-production. But, when it comes to getting the lighting and the color and the contrast, I do everything in camera just because, well, I don’t want to add another thing to do in Photoshop or Capture One. So, if I can get it right in camera, I will do it.
@moisnomois: I do not spend a lot of time in post since I try to get the shots looking good on the raw file before editing.
@tate.foto: I’m looking at fashion magazines from 1992, and those images are still relevant today, so that’s what I really loved about photography. The more you hone in on that aesthetic, the less really post-production and gimmicky editing is really needed, and you really capture the mood in the photograph versus a bunch of post-production.
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