Digital “manipulation” changes the original image. Isn that a bad idea in photography?
No matter what kind of photography you do, your goal is to take the vision that’s before your eyes and in your artistic mind and capture it on a piece of film and paper. To this end, you manipulate composition, light, and exposure. You may use filters or gels. You change lenses or even camera formats. In the darkroom you may use different processes and papers, or “manipulations” like dodging and burning to achieve your desired artistic result. Digital techniques just give us more tools to work with to achieve your artistic vision. We can make adjustments to contrast, saturation, density and overall tone. We can burn and dodge, soften and sharpen, shift colors, or crop and scale. In some cases, like precise color control, contrast adjustment, and sharpening, the digital tools are far superior to any “analog” darkroom techniqueWe can make very precise changes to the whole print or just to certain areas or color layers. We work closely with you to achieve the results that you want – to ma
