Post Processing

Yesterday I learned a new side of the art of photography. I'm sure it'll take a long time to perfect, and I would not pretend to have it down pat, however it isn't that complex.

Post Processing.

Some people I've talked to make it seem like a dirty word, and to be honest it does feel a little like cheating. Sharped this, saturate that, oops a little too much colour here, de-sat! Quick!

But apparently with photography shifting from analog to digital a number of years back, all the cool kids are doing it. Now my mom told me not to give into peer pressure, but it does have visible differences.

To highlight this, today I'm going to post the same picture pre and post processed.

It's another of our trip to the zoo. It's Ben, I've vignetted the picture, sharpened it a little and resaturized him a teeny bit.

Here we are: