I think I have noticed a trend...

It seems that 

"realism" is out the door with yesterdays newspaper...

(sorry to all suffering periodicals!)

What I mean by realism is; 

photojournalism,

documentation,

recording factual information.....

I know, I know.....

I am so "yesterday"...

passe'....

old-fashioned...

out of touch....

OLD!

I can't help that,

but what I have spent most of my career in photography

attempting to do, is no longer popular, apparently.....

Have you noticed all the photo-trickery?

Over exposed,

out of focus,

or

serious color saturation?

All of it, done on the computer in 

Photoshop, Aperture, or the like....

Interesting, but is it anything like reality?

I use iPhoto and Aperture,

I have used Photoshop Elements on previous computers.

I like all and both..

It makes producing a quality image for my customers so much more 

well, efficient.

Also, I love to be able to switch easily from color to B/W.

I am seriously grateful to have the power to eliminate the stray dog, person, car, or

"you name it" from the background of "on-location" shoots.

Sometimes though,

I like the messiness of film shooting...

it was more intensive, but at the same time,

when I recorded what I saw as the perfect image.....

I knew, I had earned it.

What do you think?

smiles