Editing

To me it seems that atleast in most situations editing photos kind of makes the photo unrepresentative of what it actually is trying to portray.

I know in some situations of course editing photos is kind of part of what you are doing, but sometimes maybe in street photography it kind of confuses me when they show before and after, (or just the edited photo you can tell is edited) and it seems to just kind of ruin something that could have been more or more realistic.

If you do edit your photos after, in what situations do you edit them, and why not just try to take photo that is good from the start? (In specific situations of course)

Edit: when i say editing i am mostly referring to use of "filters"/presets