I have my trusty Canon and I don't use photoshop. I do the slightest colour corrections and I use a bit of software to correct lens aberrations, but I don't "paint" my pictures. I am a huge believer that if the image is crappy, don't paint it, learn to take a better image hehehe. I was talking to a model and she told me how the last photographer took about 5000 images. Basically he keeps the button down and hopes for the best. That is not a skill, ugh ;)