____Most people I run into assume I do a lot of work in Photoshop to get my images looking the way they do. The truth is, though, none of the images you see on my site or blog (except the panoramas) have ever set foot in Photoshop. In fact, I only use Photoshop on my images for 2 things: prepping them for print and merging composite panoramas.

____With my roots in color transparency film, I approach digital photography with the objective of accomplishing as much as possible for the image in-camera and on-location. With all the “magic” one can work on a photograph in this digital age, it can be easy for photographers to rely on the computer to make a decent image and not on their own skill behind the camera. With this in mind, I never make any extreme adjustments to the image after I have clicked the shutter. I never digitally remove elements from an image, change the sky, add elements, combine multiple images or make major adjustments to exposure. Also, I have never done a single HDR (High Dynamic Range) image.

____I do, however, make some adjustments to contrast, color and cropping in Aperture (by Apple) in order to get them to look like my old favorite film - Fuji Velvia - and to best match what I remember from the location, but these adjustments are very minor and could actually be done in-camera, I just prefer doing it in the computer. My rule of thumb for adjusting my images in the computer is "Don't do anything I couldn't have done with film."