It is interesting to notice this your own perception and the use of photography changes as your photographic style develops and matures.
I remember being very keen in the past to capture a perfect landscape with crispy blue skies and in some perfect natural lighting conditions. Every detail of my image would have to be in focus and perfectly executed. I thought at the time that I was aiming to get a true depiction of the world around me, but thinking about it now it seems to me that it was the most ideal example to illustrate a constructed reality. We don't often get the perfect blue sky and perfect natural lighting in this country so I was after something illusive that was usually not even present!
It is amazing sometimes to hear people being so against any digital manipulation of photographic images for the reason that it alters the reality whilst their own work might manifest a constructed reality - if only in a slightly fluid way.
What do other people think about this?
