Posting academic shoot images AND photo manipulation and ethics

FIRST

Please post your 6 images from the Academic Shoot. This means 1 photo for each of the six rules of composition we discussed in class. You can complete this in 1 post, or you can make a new post for each rule.

You do not have to write about the composition rule, but you must LABEL each image either as the Post Title, or in the actual body of the post.

We will come back to these images in the near future.

SECOND

Soon we will start using Photoshop to adjust and edit photos, but before we do that, it is very important that you understand what changing photos means and how that impacts the public.

Remember this is a Photojournalism class, not just a photography class. The hope is that you will eventually join newspaper and/or yearbook and when you do, there are "rules" about changing photos. For those of you already thinking about commercial photography, it is even more important you understand what you are doing when you manipulate images in either Photoshop, Lightroom or other photo altering programs.

Here we will look at what has been published around the world and the impact of changing photos.

There is a time and a place to change photos. Let's start that discussion here:

1. Read the following story about examples of photo manipulations.

https://ethicsinediting.wordpress.com

PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE TOP, WE WILL WATCH IT LATER AS PART OF ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT!!

On your blog create a new post called Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. What are some of the main points you read about in the website above regarding manipulating images?

B. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times regarding image manipulation?

C. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line unto an unethical manipulation?

On your blog

D. Post the manipulation (this means get that image and post it on your blog) that you think was the most unethical, and explain why you think it was unethical. If you do not know what the word ethic or unethical means, look them up on the internet. It is very important you know what those two words mean. Please write at least 2-3 sentences explaining why you think it is so bad.

E. Post the manipulation that you consider the least unethical, and explain why you think it is not as bad as others. Please write at least 2-3 sentences explaining why you think this one is not so bad.