On the far opposite end of things is Zach Doehler, who edits his photos to such a ludicrous extreme that even Lisa Frank would blush.
When I publish work, it’s closer to your ideal. I do turn up the contrast and the colors a bit, but that’s cause the RAW is just so dark and muddy that it doesn’t capture what I saw without editing.
On the far opposite end of things is Zach Doehler, who edits his photos to such a ludicrous extreme that even Lisa Frank would blush.
When I publish work, it’s closer to your ideal. I do turn up the contrast and the colors a bit, but that’s cause the RAW is just so dark and muddy that it doesn’t capture what I saw without editing.