Exploring the Ethics and Techniques of Polarizing Photography: A Controversial Discussion

Photos, this is gonna be a polarizing topic.
Do you polarize your photos?
Do you put it in a black backdrop?
Do you use a soft box?
Do you digitally manipulate the photo you’ve done
to make it look far superior than it actually looks in the skin?
Is this cheating? Is this lying?
Is this misrepresentation?
I come from the era where I took photos on a 35 mil camera
and you took 30 of the motherfuckers and hope one would be good.
Now I’m trying to adapt. I’m trying to learn as well.
What’s true, what’s not true,
what’s correct, what’s not correct.
Let me know your thoughts.