CHAPTER 6
BASIC PHOTO WORKFLOW IN LIGHTROOM OR ACR
WHEN WORKING WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, post-processing is half the procedure. I know there is a school of thought that says you should get it all in-camera. I stand across that aisle. I am not a purist. I believe in using whatever tools are available to create the best possible image.
To a certain degree, “get it all in-camera” is not a bad philosophy. This might be true for journalism, but what does “all in-camera” really mean? When you are shooting in RAW, you have made a digital negative. It still requires processing. In a traditional darkroom, decisions are made that affect the final appearance of a photograph; this is the same with the digital darkroom (e.g., your post-processing software).
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