Overexposure, underexposure and many more effects can be made with the camera itself. Look here, at a relative of mine some photos Flickr: Giuseppe Barillaro's Photostream (ps: at his house I met Valentino Rossi :D ).
He hardly uses editing on his photos, except when he messes around for fun, not at his "work".

PS: This is one of mine, made at 1 AM, pitch black, 60 seconds exposure.Nature calling - Stampede 0536 - Jurnalul M.eu

^Nice photos mate, dig the semi long exposure.
What do you shoot with out of curiosity?

If retouching is such taboo then why do cameras have the ability to shoot RAW formats for editing in post? 99% of consumer cameras can't capture the dynamic range of lighting in a scene and the only way to correct that is by post processing. Adjusting curves, white balance, etc in post is not cheating, cameras rarely see the scene spot on like we do.

Here's a few of my play shots:









Shoot architecture for a living and landscapes for fun

Of course you're always going to have outliers, and of course no one will ever have the same skill level. But in truth, unless for artistic purposes, most photographers aren't going for realism as much as they are for sensationalism.

If it's from the Jurnalul M.eu link, it's with my FZ38 (and some with the ex FZ28), from Panasonic, a pretty good bridge camera. If it's about the Flickr link, he shoots with a Nikon, from the high end range (don't know exactly which model, because he changes them pretty often).

What the market wants, that is what it gets, just like television , cause even this domain is a consumer driven one. I didn't say it's bad to use post editing, I just gave an example of what can be done directly.

It's true, I don't like to use it, but it's also true that some of the artworks derived from post-processed photos are just wonderful to look at.

Ahh I see, I used to shoot with Nikon as well.
Keep up the good work!

Beautiful shots, JayT!
I work with Nikon equipment and Dynalite lights when in studio, but also outdoors in natural light, usually trying for that "golden hour" look!

My website is here (it's flash, so no good on a phone or iPad yet)

www.kathleenandcamera.com

I do some post-editing.....to clear up shadow detail, and to remove zits or huge undereye circles, but that's about it! Catching the right light does almost all the work.

Thank you mate!
Very, very, VERY nice website and portraits you have on display!
Lighting is perfect in every shot! I'm guessing you've had a lot of time to perfect your art starting at 15 right? :)





Some of my automotive set not yet uploaded :vsign:

Flashlight fun in the night.
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