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taking risks and erring on the side of caution with photo shop     posted on 27th of october, 2007

if i had written this last week like i planned it would be all about taking risks with my post processing. being a little more aggressive, not being afraid of pushing saturation and contrast just a bit. finally getting some isolated shots that i was proud of, because i took some chances

i have always been too critical and too worried that it wasn't just right

most of the time i would end up deleting the image before i ever gave it a chance. however i did take the chance and got some accepted.

 

 

 

now it is this week. yet again the discussion of photoshop brushes and shapes has come up and i have put my portfolio under a microscope. i have over the past year purchased from a 3rd party dealer a major amount of photo shop additions....

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thank you for your encouragement. though i am still checking on the status of these uses, i am content that it was right to take them off. peace is more valuable than having the numbers in my portfolio. i am not surprised with the advertising dollars Bud has at stake that they would not grant the release, however i am surprised they haven't tracked down the unauthorized uses. they are very proactive when it comes to NASCAR dollars. doing the right thing always results in a better opportunity. i don't regret it. thanks again. - posted by Denisebeverly on October 27, 2007
I, too, am a Christian, and I commend you for the stand you have taken. It's so easy sometimes to say "Everyone else is doing it, and nobody seems to be saying anything or stopping it. Why can't I?" But, that's a call we each have to make on our own and for which we are accountable. I had a situation calling for a similar call, only mine was with MRs (or the lack thereof) instead of brushes. I had taken some excellent photos of the Budweiser Clydesdales at an event I had up-close-and-personal access. I did a search on the various stock sites and saw numerous images of them (or parts of them) and/or their gear. I still see them on the sites. However, I had been reading so much about MRs, my gut was telling me to check with Budweiser first to see if I could get permission. It took me awhile to track down the right people, but I finally did. The response was courteous but, "we absolutely cannot grant you permission to use them". I was very disappointed because they weren't the "usual" shots.... More) - posted by Cmarshall717 on October 27, 2007

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Denise Beverly (Denisebeverly)
Bristol, US

I am in constant wonder of the world that God has created for us.

I owe any and all genes for photography to my daddy. battling hard against cancer and depression in his later years, he will always be the strapping young man in the photo to me...i love you daddy, you are a gift!

Safe in the arms of Jesus 3/13/07

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