I like to make the distinction between digital photographs and digital images.  To me a photograph has minimal post production, the closer the image is to the camera the closer it is to being a photograph. When you start changing the the elements within the composition then you start creating a digital image.

There are some post production techniques that are analogous to the work done by chemical / film photographers and I reckon those would be acceptable to use to keep a composition a photograph.  So things like resizing and changing levels etc would be allowable.

I decided I wanted to do more than just levels with my favorite image from my photo shoot with Tonya Z.  I wanted to do something a little artistic, and maybe a little meta.  I used Photoshop to alter a reflection and create a painting inside my digital image.

NSFW
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