Editing Photographs

I am not a big fan of over edited photos’. I don’t mind cropping or straightening, they’re simple fixes that don’t change the look or the tone of the photo. But, when it comes to changing exposure, contrast, black point and all of the other changes we can make these days I think you can always tell when a photo has been over-edited and it looks unnatural. My dad (who I caught the photo bug from) and his generation shot on film, which meant they had to get everything right there and then, and what they captured was usually what the eye would see – which, to me seems a much more artistic and skilful process. So, am I missing out? Am I not making my photos’ the absolute best they can be? I’ve just downloaded Lightroom on my Mac and iPads and over the next few months I’ll see which I think is better.