Photo Manipulation and Ethics

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

The article on global journalist speaks of different stories of journalists around the world wrongly manipulating photos and then publishing them. They were all caught and fired and their work was removed from databases. The main idea of the article was basically that manipulation of photos is unethical in the same sense that plagiarism and publishing false information are. I agree that it is unethical, although some cases are much less unethical than others. For example, cropping out all the women in a photo is quite unnecessary and obviously sexist, but cropping out a guy in the background of a photo to emphasize the subjects of a photo isn't that wrong in my opinion. Losing your job and all your work you've ever done as a journalist seems a bit harsh to me, unless of course your photo manipulation was one of the bad cases. The fact that its just an assumed consequence for photo manipulation is a bit scary.

Great Black and White Photographers, Pt. 2

Great Black and White Photographers, Pt. 2

Lisette Model was born in Vienna, Austria on November 10, 1901 and died in NYC on March 30, 1983. She achieved fluency in three languages while still in her teens and was mentored in music by Arnold Schõnberg. She married Evsa Model in 1937 and they were married until Evsa died in 1976. She taught photography at the San Francisco Institute of Fine Arts and The New School for Social Research.

Post Shoot Reflection

Post Shoot Reflection

1. While trying to get my 4 prompts, my main conflict that I encountered was that Bowie is very limited in what I can take pictures of, in my opinion. It mostly consists of cement hallways and a variety of two or three colors.

2. I found myself thinking the most about rule of thirds and framing and angles; these are the simple things and no matter the picture, it looks attractive and like an effective picture.

3. If I could do the assignment again, I would most likely go to other parts of the school and outside, just to explore and see what better pictures I could take.

4. Something I would do the same is I would use my own understanding on the prompt, even if its not really what was meant.

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These photos were pretty and they followed the rules of composition. One thing that
could be worked on though is that they don't have any factor that makes them interesting or special.

September 14th Shoot

Metal

 Bowie

 Angry

 Happy

 Merger

In my "metal" photo I would say I achieved the rule of simplicity, 

considering the blank wall in the background of the photo.

Avoiding a Merger

Avoiding a Merger

In this photo, the background smoke creates a background for the picture
without creating a merger. The photographer successfully avoided a merger.

Lines

Lines

In this photo, the plane, which is the amazing part of the picture, could go unnoticed to some people. But the tower serves as a line and guides eyes towards the plane.

Framing

Framing

The parts of the wall that are still remaining act as a frame for the picture. The firefighter on the ladder is more emphasized because he is framed.