Bear with me for a minute while I get opinionated – I know plenty will disagree with me ;-)

I happened across a forum post recently. Someone asked if a certain prominent photographer's winning print at a certain prominent convention was so close to the edge that it had fallen off!

After checking it out I thought the comment was a bit tough, but I could see the point. And the prominent guy wasn't alone – all the winning images were photoshopped within an inch of their lives. But the most striking thing? How different those images were to so much of what we see and admire in our Bindery.

It's incredible how much some photographers expect of themselves today that was impossible a few years ago.

It's a few years since naturalism and photojournalism were the buzzwords du jour. Maybe it's time for the pendulum to swing again – and maybe save you a ton of time.

Two questions worth thinking about: Are your clients paying for your Photoshop efforts? And could your images speak for themselves?

Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be. That's been good advice since the dawn of desktop computers.

Cheers, Ian