First of all, I have to thank Darren, and this wonderful DPS community for supporting our family through the illness and death of our son. We are deeply and profoundly grateful to each of you. THANK YOU. Not really a way to segue from that. I wont try. 
This post is all in the name of good fun. These are over the top SNL esque examples. Please dont be offended.
1. Dont buy photoshop right out of the gate.
Nothing concerns me more than photographers who delve into photoshop around the same time they delve into photography. These are what we call photoshopographers. Im certain I didnt invent the term. It floats around the industry like crazy. For example, Hows her work? Response: She a photoshopographer.
If you jump into photoshop (or any other editing software for that matter) too soon, you run the risk of not mastering your technique as a photographer. Youll quickly form the habit of masking otherwise poor work with excessive editing and that will hold you back from learning the proper technique to begin with. As I once heard photographer extraordinairre Zack Arias say, If you find yourself out shooting a client and youre sayin in your head oh Ill just fix that later in photoshop stop what youre doing and slap yourself as hard as you can.'
I didnt purchase photoshop until after 2 solid years of paid work as a photographer, and I still dont know how to use it. Truth be told, its literally embarrassing how very little I know.
2. Processing fads rhyme with stay away for the love of all that is holy.
One of my main qualms with post processing is the color fads. These could be tonal, selective color (more on him later) or any et cetera. Anything that will likely not be popular in 5 or 10 (likely 1 or 2 in reality) years should be avoided. My goal for my work is timelessness. If an image is processed in a way that says: wow! that was shot in 2009! Ive got a problem.
Some of these things MIGHT be appropriate in moderation (not selective color. ever).
If wild tones are your selling points to clients and youre booking well and getting paid bucketloads. . . then theres obviously no reason to rethink your strategy! But as a general rule, if youre going to do anything with tone: LOW OPACITY is the rule of thumb.
3. Radioactive eyes are so last season/
4. Skin should not look like it was grafted from Barbie, Ken, or Skipper.
Im all for giving eyes a little pop-o-la! But lets try to keep it real. No ones eyes are PERFECTLY white, nor do they emit a glow in a dark room.
Quite frankly, pictures with eyes that are over worked: creep.me.out.
Im happy to touch up peoples blemishes, but there are certain features of someones face that are permanent. Part of who they are.
For regular portraiture (I recognize that fashion work is a different animal entirely), I would never completely remove someones wrinkles (unless they asked specifically that I do). Soften them? Probably. But remove them completely? No. Its their face. Its what they look like. Moles? Same story. Scars? Same, same. You know, you could actually offend someone by removing a blemish like a scar or a mole from their body. Unless they ASK (and trust me, if they want it gone, they will), I dont go there.
In my work Im going for real and genuine, and plastic skin? Well, its neither.
5. A heavy vignette does not a professional photograph make.
A heavy vignette does not make a photograph look more professional. (Tail between my legs) I used to think so too.
The opposite is in fact true. Ask any TRUE professional photographer and they will tell you, a heavy vignette is a sure fire sign of an amateur trying to go pro.
6. Just say NO to over saturation.
No image necessary. . . Just.say.no.
7. Selective coloring died circa 1990.
I know I mentioned it above, but it definitely necessitates its own category. The picture says it all.
PS. Tell me youve read Twilight?
8. Dont make your clients look dead.
Its disgusting.
9. Fake Sunflare . . . looks fake. and stupid.
Im not going to lie, Ive enhanced sunflare before (many moons ago) when IT WAS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH to begin with. But dont take a picture WITHOUT it and try to ADD it in. It makes you look like a ding dong.
10. Textures? Ive only ever seen a hand full of photographers who can really pull them off.
I am hesitant to include this last one because I am a huge fan of several photographers who create lovely work with textures. Textures can be cool, BUT an image should never be blatantly SLAMMED with texture. Bleh.
Disclaimer: Dont hate me. These are obviously EXTREME examples. Everything has its place in moderation. This post is truly just a satire. Me poking fun at and industry to which I belong, and that I love.
I recognize that post processing is incredibly individual. For a lot of people, what happens in post is an extension of their art. Hold on to what makes sense to you artistically! By all means. I would NEVER want to discourage someone from creating their art! Really, these are simply things I personally WISH I would have thought of going in. Im guilty of many of them myself. A lot of my older work is embarrassing to me because I broke some of these very rules early on.
Dont be ashamed if youre doing some of the stuff listed above! ANY true pro you love and respect was likely guilty of much of the same early in their careers! And again and again and again: if it truly floats your boat?! Who the heck am I to stand in your way!!!!??? Selective color on my friend selective color on!
Happy Shooting! . . . and processing!
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