Originally Posted by SeniorX

I have to agree with DonovanPhillips, SinisterStudios and benc here.

A lot of "old school" here trying to make it a dick competition and then contradicting themselves saying that they said something else altogether, well didn't sound that way.

Now, read it once and read it again - Time is relative!

Shooting for 10-15 years doesn't mean you've been improving the whole time. A talented newbie can learn to shoot better photos in a month than the old school pros with decades of experience. Dinosaurs usually only grow their ego's - one has to adapt, improve and innovate. Photoshop is part of that.

Now about cropping - most the first posters here said how they crop in camera and made it sound like photoshop is for newbies and not for REAL, PRO photographers. Sounded to me that they were just bitter they weren't good at photoshop.

Me? I crop in Photoshop. Why?

1. Cause I want the photos to be PERFECT!
2. It's faster, atleast for me.
3. It lets you take it easy and focus on getting more out of the model, rather than your camera, during the shoot.

Photoshop skill IS an important factor when hiring a photographer!!!