Is Digital Imaging Real Photography?

Does modifying a digital image change the authenticity of a photograph?

Introduction

There are purists and there are artists.  A purist would define a photograph as original if the photographer used slide film, which does not offer much in the way of manipulation.  An artist, on the other hand, would define a photograph as original even if they modified the entire look and feel in Adobe Photoshop such that the image now resembled a picasso.  Which one is correct?

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Using Multiple Catalogs in Lightroom

This article covers the Metadata section of the Smart Collections Workflow and is part of the complete Smart Collection Workflow for Lightroom.

While it has been awhile since I have added more content to the workflow, time has helped the cause. Adobe Lightroom has continued to improve the workflow characteristics of this great photographer's tool since I began using Lightroom 1.0. As of this current version (4.x), I have really spent more time refining how I work on my catalog in the off hours. Since I have full time self-employment and a family, the time I get in front of my iMac is less than in front of my macbook pro. This made finding a method of editing photos already in my catalog paramount to continuing my photography work.

Luckily, there is a simple way to work on parts of my catalog remotely and then merge the changes back into my main catalog.  I use only a few built-in Lightroom commands to accomplish this feat.

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