As I am sure you all know, photography over the years has changed a great deal which is why we keep having to strive to learn more and create better images.  Sometimes though, I think its easy to think that images turn out perfect SOOC (straight out of the camera).  That's not always the case.  Its hardly ever the case actually.   The job of a photographer is a vast one.  You don't just take pretty pictures.  It covers everything from keeping up to date on current trends, computer equipment as well as software, camera equipment, posing techniques, scouting out locations, returning a million emails and phone calls, creating sets, completing orders and shipping, as well as editing, editing, editing those lovely shots.  But its so easy to keep that from our clients.  Just shoot and ship and all the stuff in the middle remains a secret of sorts.  Well there is a lot to this job and even though some parts of it can be daunting, I still love it and the clients I get to meet because of it. So I have decided, on occasion, to post before and after images for you to see.  Some may be just a slight change and some may be photoshopped to heck and back, lol.  But hopefully it will be interesting for you to see how things start out and how they end up.  Creativity must be there in shooting but it also be there in the post production and I hope that everyone enjoys the result.  A special thank you to the very striking Mr & Mrs. Moon for this shot.