Do you do Post Processing? If so-what and why?

[bubble.tea]

I think a more helpful thread subj, would be:
Do you do Post Processing? If so-what and why?

For those of us who don't do it, perhaps learning first hand (and hopefully in laymans terms) will educate us on the values, and ultimately make us appreciate the necessity of doing it more regularly?

For example: What does histogram do?

[tienm23]

I do some minor PP because in-camera metering is often wrong so I use PS to adjust the levels and make the blacks black and the whites whites. Also on a couple of my lenses, vignetting and barrel distortion are visible, which I think is fair to fix as it is a limitation of the equipment.

Thats about it though...although sometimes people will request I fix things in their portraits, i.e. blemishes, scars

[bubble.tea]

.... sometimes people will request I fix things in their portraits, i.e. blemishes, scars

...noses, eyebrows, crows feet

[tienm23]

...noses, eyebrows, crows feet

haha...sometimes a total teardown rebuild..lol

[craftsman]

It seems that most PP is done to "correct errors" that the light meter has/done.

Me - I'm a traditionalist. So, I shoot and work with my camera to understand how the system works in order to get the results I see of the scene. The idea of PP really doesn't appeal to me.

I figure if you have to PP every image due to the metering being off - maybe it's not you that is having the issue but there is something wrong with your camera. I have to admit there are times with my D200 that I know that the scene will meter "incorrect" - about 1 or 2 shots out of 100. At those times, I will either meter on something that is 18% grey (or there abouts) or use the exposure compensation to get it to where I want it.

[CSAgent]

...noses, eyebrows, crows feet

I fix yellow or not so white teeth...and even eye whites.