It seems that everyone’s answer since the advent of digital photography is ‘I’ll fix it in Photoshop’ and they’re less inclined to focus (NPI) on things like framing and exposure. I met one ‘photographer’ who didn’t even know about Ansel Adams books.
To me, photography is the same and the computer is no more a tool than your light meter. The rules are no different than they were 70 years ago.
So, is digital hurting photography?
Digital cameras have made taking pictures easier and less expensive. Combine that with the rise of the Internet as an image-sharing medium and you have the impression that there are more poor quality pictures than ever before. Remember, however, that the Kodak Instamatic and 110 and Polaroid cameras also brought photography to the masses. The difference is that most of those pictures pictures ended up in a shoe box under somebody’s bed. So, there appear to be many more snap shooters. However, I believe that there is also an increase in serious photographers. Their quality stuff is just hard to find in the deluge of poor quality images.
It is also a misquided assumption that one can fix a poor quality image in Photoshop. Experienced photographers use it to bring the image into a form that they envisioned for it when they released the shutter. They also know that if you have to spend more than five minutes "fixing" an image, it is beyond repair.