Photo Manipulation

Photographs have been circling the world for years now . There are many different types of cameras, but only some have changed and revolutionized the world. The history behind them and the history it has captured throughout the years has impacted the world in numerous ways. It is very important to know how certain things like lighting and angle affect the outcome of photographs. To be able to capture a perfect photograph one will have to understand how lighting , angle , third rule affect a photograph. Not only are there different types of ways to take photographs but different types of photography.

In my opinion, this makes it harder to appreciate the original efforts of the creations someone is “perfecting”, and can explain why fewer people appreciate what was high art in the past. It’s even gotten to the point where people choose to “redesign” celebrities, as shown by the Johnny Cash Project. Neal Gabler of the Los Angeles Times stated that fans of the renowned folk singer can “share their vision of Johnny ‘as he lives in (their) mind's eye,’ by providing an image of him and a customized drawing tool to reimagine it”. Even in terms of Photoshop and its correlation to beauty, writer Rachel Ann Dennison published an article titled: “Is Photoshop destroying our perception of natural beauty?”. Dennison answers this question with a resounding “yes” under the title, implying that she thinks modern photo-editing applications ruin how people around the world view beauty, and thus, how people view art. Current technology has changed how people see and appreciate art as a whole, and I think this phenomenon proves how society's standards for high-quality art have altered over the

The other side shares that the publishers of these altered photos don’t intend on their photos to be realistic, but a luxurious escape from reality. By releasing these images all around the world, false standards of beauty for how we should look cause many to fall into lives of disorder. To resolve the effects of photoshop many celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Kate Winslet and Vanessa Hudgens have sworn off the modifying of their pictures. This issue has come to the attention of many companies around the world too, such as “Dove”, which published the campaign “Evolution” where they unravel untouched pictures of their models. The clothing company “Aerie” also has joined the fight against photoshop. The company has cast off all use of photoshop on their models and have commenced working along with the National Eating Disorders Association(NEDA). By more companies, celebrities and people around the globe standing up to photoshop, we can fight against false standards and step back and relish in the world’s true, natural

A world without photography seems merely impossible to the modern age humans. Photography is seen throughout our everyday lives, from the television, to smartphones, and on our computers, it seems impossible to avoid it. But why would we want to? Photography is a vision, a memory, a moment captured in time that makes it possible for humans to share these moments with others. But more than times than not, these moments, visions, photographs are altered, manipulated, and distorted to influence, and change the audience’s view. By analyzing the many methods the photographer’s ways of manipulating, altering, and the distortion of the truth of their works, one can conclude that not everything shown is accurate and often overlooked by the

He also indicates that post photo shoot manipulation started a century ago in the darkroom, but new technology in the profession of photojournalism brought positive and negative outcomes. For example, the new technology has the ability for faster and easier photo manipulation. He recommends the need for further study and the need for an improvement in photojournalist practice to

Is this kind of modification on images something we should be accepting? As this adds the extra pressure on people in society to look a certain way to not become an outcast.

A nebulae as described in Fraknoi’s Voyages to the Stars and Galaxies is “all objects that were not sharp points of light” (Fraknoi, page 384). The Sagittarius Triplet is a group of three nebulae’s famous for their bright red and blue hues, which is a main reason I choose this picture. There are three nebulae in this picture and each is spectacular on its own but together the Sagittarius Triplet creates a visual buffet for the eyes. The dark reds in particular are beautiful to behold and take up the majority of the visual landscape. These red colors are created by the emission nebulae by hydrogen gas that is heated by the intense temperatures of present stars. The image made me feel the vastness of space and the endlessness of time. The interesting layout of the nebulae creates a long stardust highway across the image, connecting the NGC 6559 and M8 nebulae. These three nebulae are so bright they are routinely featured in telescopic tours of the Sagittarius constellation and the central Milky Way galaxy. M8 or the Lagoon Nebula and M20 or Trifid were first cataloged in 1764 by Charles Messier (Kronberg).

The work of a photographer is to take photo’s and we don’t take one or two we take enough to find the “ one “ that might be the one that would make that statement. We would spend many hours doing this. Once we get back to our working stations we would do special editing software to the images to enhance what we have originally seen. Once we are done working with an image we would save them in the correct format to preserve those images in the best way possible, but most people won’t even know what the differences are of the images.

There are many degrees of changes that can be done electronically to a photograph. There are technical changes that deal only with the aspect of photography that make the photos more readable, such as a little dodging and burning, global color correction and contrast control. The Society of Professional Journalist and its code of ethics clearly state "Image enhancement for technical clarity is always permissible". These changes, akin to there darkroom counterpart, are neither ethical nor unethical- they are merely technical. Most sentences necessitate some editing or reorganization to make sense, and most photographs necessitate, in particular digital photographs, require some basic toning and preparation to meet production standards. Dodging and burning is part of that process.

As the rising of the technology, most of the pictures are having a lot of Photoshop today. Photoshop is a tool which people can modify and edit pictures online. People often modify the pictures because they want it to be perfect and attract more consumers to buy their products, it used for advertisement such as magazines. Although photoshopping can be an art craft in some ways, it is developing the ability of imagination for a person’s interest. But it is not ok to Photoshop the pictures that will be sent for publication such as a newspaper or advertisement.

The internet and companies that have photoshopping programs that are available to the general public have made photoshopping images easier, and easier. One thing that these images can do is cause confusion. Late last February pictures surfaced that depicted an elephant in front of a Nigerian bank. It carried the title “Elephant Stealing from Nigerian bank”. The actual picture had a poorly photoshopped elephant in front of the supposedly robbed bank. The article went on to say that the elephant had cause structural damage (visible in the picture) and injured a

Society has a funny way of defining an ideal image. Sadly, not even celebrities can obtain this image without help. When we turn the pages of a magazine, it is very unlikely that we will be looking at a realistic body. Instead, we are looking at edited versions that we are told are beautiful.

Michael Graupman wrote “perhaps it is time for a refresher course for the media and Americans of what photoshop was created for originally: bringing a subject more into focus, not creating works of fiction.” Photoshop does have its good purposes. However, using the program to this extent must come to an end. The effects of the misuse of Photoshop are taking a serious toll on society in a multitude of ways.

This photo of Natalie Portman for Dior is a good example of Photoshop. Her eyelashes were admittedly Photoshopped when questioned by the ASA* of the U.K. who refused to allow the Dior ad to publish in their country.

There is a great number of reasons the saying, “seeing is believing” is not true. Perception and reality sometimes do not match up, perspective can change what we can see in our eyes, and people can exploit tricks to mask what we are actually seeing. All of this means that we can’t just rely on just our eyes to believe something. Sight is a powerful sense; without it, our lives would be affected greatly. But sometimes, we can’t trust our eyes. So next time when you see something that is astonishing, take it with a grain of