With the increased popularity of digital imaging,
there is literally no limit to the amount of
processing that can be done.
The question is how much should be done?
It's simple to me. If you enhance something that is
already there on the original negative to bring it out
and make it more visible, that's OK.
Some people say that I go too far in the digital enhancement
of my photos, and that the colors in some of my images
are over-exaggerated. For them, they are correct.
However, it is my job as an artist to present my interpretation,
and it is their job as persons being photographed
to accept it and get something out of it, or
to choose other styles of photographs that will
be presented to them along with my enhanced versions.
What is important is our motivation.
Why are we doing these things?
Are we doing them to deceive people? Of course not.
We are doing it to make the object more visually interesting.
We are simply trying to make it a better picture