"If you ask me, someone who can make a "bad" exposure/shot look really good has tremendous skill." No doubt - but if the person had taken the time learning the skill with the camera instead of post production, why would he have the bad shot to begin with? My gripe is that it seems that more and more people are leaning on Photoshop as an excuse not to learn the basics of photography. If you can make an excellent print from a bad neg - imagine what kind of print you could make from a GOOD one. "Pressing the button is the first part of a photograph...". Pressing the button is the first step in making SNAPSHOTS. Considerations such as point of view, angle, lens selection, how much background to include, where to place the horizon, do I shoot horizontally or vertically, lighting angle, film selection, what to meter for, what combination of shutter speed and aperture to use, etc., etc., ALL have to take place before the button is pressed. The camera and lens are the first and formost tools in photography - but it seems that more and more people are more concerned with levels and curves in Photoshop then they are learning the camera. Of course scans will have to be adjusted due to the nature of scanners, but adjustments that can be made in-camera need to be made in-camera, not in Photoshop.