You don't have to be an expert to make changes to your photos. Anyone with a pc and a little technological know-how can crop, lighten, darken, and even take away those alien-looking red eyes. If you think you look great in the dress you wore to your cousin's wedding, but now the person standing next to you is your ex, zap him out of the picture. Snip and crop until he doesn't exist.
What happens to the art of photography now that we can enhance and change photos? I know a man who stood on a beach for hours to get just the right amount of daylight in his nature pics. Now, he doesn't have to.
Are you really looking at a photo of sunlight streaming through leaves or was it a foggy day that's been, um, altered? At what point does the authenticity of the moment turn into a technological manipulation? Does it matter?
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