hehe! great shots Tammy, I had a great time working at the booth, and it was great meeting you all!

I know how you feel about wanting to mess with the photo afterwards gunsan, you are a post-artist like me...old habits are hard to break. This is what I wrote in the 2d forums discussion: ".....Post work is not necessarily digital, photographers in the days of old have been using post processing techniques in the dark room before digital cameras were even imagined. Post processing techniques today in the digital world are known by most as the digital darkroom. For example a technique I often use simulates a diffusion filter that I would have to attach to my camera. Increasing of contrast or saturation also simulates developing techniques of analog media. Postwork actually does recquire skill and understanding of digital medium, similar to skills that were needed when developing film in the dark room and achieving special effects. Now the question is where do we draw the line? Personally I find that if excessive photoshop filters are used, which alter the basic chemistry of the image then perhaps the image is better suited for the 2d gallery. No I don't think that minimal postwork on photography is cheating (contrast, saturation, cropping), because it requires as much skill and understanding of the software needed to achieve this as it does of using the camera. I can increase contrast on my camera but only to a certain level, my camera has its limitations.... where its limitations end is where the post processing techniques begin, how is that any different than what photographers have been doing in the dark room for ages?' My guidelines for myself in the photography gallery are to use minimal postwork if any, and what I use would be something that would only enhance it for impact in a way that I could not achieve during the actual shooting. I personally don't mind where you post because I love your art no matter what, and in the end the beauty of it transcends these silly discussions.

I can often be found crawling around on my hands and knees in public places taking macros of various debris that I find interesting. Needless to say, I can't ignore the whispers and the fingerpointing of passersby who think I'm totally insane. So I understand, how you feel!

I really don't know what you guys are talking about!!