I am the type of person who tries to enjoy the type of media that I want to enjoy with the best possible quality and not any added "fluff." For example, with my music, where I demand a nice sonic balance that isn't too heavy on bass or too airy in the treble, I try to go for the cleanest image I can with my photography. I am marketing myself, as I am trying to break out in the biz, by not processing any of my photos beyond cropping, resizing, and some B&W conversion. I enjoy what my K-x can do for me, including the color extraction and pastel filters, but I rarely use them, unless I want to do it for some reason.
I love being able to share my pictures with others and I highly dislike some of the overdone post-processing that I see and don't want my friends to think I'm going to follow that trend. I always get kind remarks about my work, which sometimes has cross-processing in place, but other than that I only adjust my saturation and contrast in-camera. I don't want to get in the habit of always having to adjust certain aspects of my shots by spending five minutes fixing up an image. Unless I'm trying to achieve a certain look, I will not post-process. My motto is "If it's crap, I'm not touching it."
Please check out my flickr page,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansnowdenphotography/ to see the types of shots I am able to achieve with only using the camera and Irfanview (my favorite free photo program), as I adjust settings in the camera, shoot, then crop/resize later on and add my watermark. Simple process that has produced great results.