Others like to affect the manner in which all the light particles enter the camera in the first place. They use lights, screens, diffusers, reflectors, gels, filters, etc. They muscle around the aperture and shutter speed, ISO settings, and fiddle with all manner of lenses.
Still others do all their tweaking in Photoshop, sometimes simulating traditional filter effects, other times diving headfirst into lands of pure science fiction.
And let us not forget those of us that mix and match techniques and tools to take the best photographs we have and hopefully make them just a little bit better. A little bit more evocative of the emotion we witnessed or felt at the time of the snap of the shutter. Is this photograph a factual representation of exactly what was visible at the moment? No more and no less? No. It wouldn't pass scrutiny in a court of law. But is it true, nonetheless? Does it express more of the full experience on that dancefloor last Fall than might a more "accurate" recording from a reporter or a crime scene photographer?
Yes, I think this reflects the truth quite nicely, thank you very much...
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