Life is imperfect and my photos are too. I'm ok with that.
I hear you, man. When I started in photography, I learned all the tricks. I started with film, so I learned dodging and burning and other darkroom techniques. When I moved to digital, I learned all the same with Photoshop. About 15 years ago I was at the forefront of the HDR game, which is a hack to increase the range of digital photos to around what we can get from medium format film. But just as everyone was embracing that and as I was getting some internet fame for doing the same, I suddenly saw it all as phony and abandoned it. I returned to analog for a time. Real lo-fi analog like the Holga. If you don't know that camera, it was a cheap plastic medium format camera made by China in the 70s. It's shit quality, giving all kinds of light leaks and other imperfections. But exactly for that, it has become a favorite in the lofi photography world.
I've since moved back to digital again, but I no longer edit my photos much, beyond fixing some exposure mistakes. As you say, life is imperfect. I want to show reality, imperfections and all.
Anyway, I look forward to your lavender shots on Saturday!
I couldn't have said it better, because I don't know all that stuff! Lol.
Seriously though, I would rather present the reality of the situation, the imperfections, and if people don't like it because it's not perfect, I'm ok with that, I do it for me anyway..
Lavender coming hot. 😀