Which excites you more: taking pictures or post processing?

Maybe its just me but I really hate the post processing part. Maybe because Im not really good at it lol.

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I enjoy shooting more than PP, but if you are perfecting a really good image then PP can be rewarding because you get to warm up to your task as you go along.

Shooting for sure.

Absolutely prefer shooting.

But there's no happy ending until the images have been processed and I can see them hanging on the wall or posted to my flickr.

The problem with being an old film guy is that for me a photo isnt complete, almost isnt real, until I see it in print. Thats still the final test for me.

eye2i wrote in post #9849237
Maybe its just me but I really hate the post processing part. Maybe because Im not really good at it lol.

Discuss/

Same here. The PP is the tedious task that I put off... which is why I am 2 years behind w/family pics...

Probably shooting, but post processing almost as much. I shoot only monochrome, and post processing is where I get to do the tonal manipulation, which is an integral part of the final interpretation. It's not a tedious process by any means, as I basically just use curves. Sometimes, I might use paintbrush (50 percent grey) for some selective dodging or burning. After some sharpening, that's it...until the print.

I print my own stuff, since sometimes minor adjustments are needed.

Two halves of one unified workflow. Can't imagine one without the other.

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Shooting the photo, not going back to photoshop to create it

tzalman wrote in post #9849608
Two halves of one unified workflow. Can't imagine one without the other.

+1.

I include in PP "processing" each PPed photo in my head to see what went right, what went wrong, what I should do the next time, etc. Just as good as first getting it into the camera.

Taking the photo is (usually) more fun cuz I am usually outside wandering around or at the track. The post processing CAN be fun if its not bulk post on event photos. If its fine processing on one image I had a real artistic idea for and the post is the finishing part of that image I had in my head, then that is pretty good fun too.

My most favorite part is - the idea of a picture :P

Shooting is definitely the most fun, but I love post processing as well!

The first time I ever used a camera, I also developed the film and developed the print. My goal has always been producing a picture, not just operating a camera, so the entire process is a single process for me. Just taking the picture is not "fun" because it's just foreplay. Holding the finished picture in my hands is the climax.

Both. If I really have what I think is a great image, I can' wait to get home, look at it and start processing it. If I don't care, then I know the shots stink.