This post will not be about sexual temptation and enticement.
I’m sometimes tempted to make my photos unrealistically minimalist in Photoshop to remove unnecessary elements, but I don’t do that. I don’t want to create graphics out of my photos. When I see minimalistic images, e.g., on Lensculture or Artfinder sites, I am almost 100% certain that these photos were photoshopped to an unnatural state. Is it something terrible? Of course not. After all, we all can play with our pictures as we want. Still, for me, the final result is more close to the graphic works than photography. For today (I wrote this text on the 4th of August, 2024), I do not plan to change Lightroom to Photoshop (even if I have lifelong licenses for both software; I bought them many years ago).
Still, sometimes I have the temptation to launch Photoshop and play with my photos, to change photographs to graphics.
Perhaps one day, I will get up and decide I will do it. Still, for today, I probably won’t give in to temptation. From the beginning of my conscious journey with street photography, I decided to be faithful to photography, not graphics that can be done through Photoshop. It was my conscious decision, and I won’t change after almost nine years of regularly walking and taking photos of Warsaw’s streets. It still makes me fun. I still feel I haven’t said the last word regarding photography.
Indeed, I believe the best picture is still ahead of me, and I haven’t taken my best photo yet.
The truth is that in Lightroom, we can do the classic photo editions that were available for analog photographers who developed their pictures in the darkroom. I wonder which software you use to edit your pictures, my Dear Friend. I believe you should choose the one that suits your needs best. Still, if you feel you need to change it, do it.
