Comparing Manipulated Images

    I think that this is a very unethical photo because the two politicians shown never debated. Editors made them appear like they debated, but they did not yet still appeared in this cover shot. This is what I meant before on the previous post when I said that if you deliver news, you should not manipulate images to make fake news, not to make news you wished happened, but to show the news that did happen.

    I think that in this case, the manipulation and ethics of the photo's originality was not really important, even though this was in the news. It is not as bad because the only difference from the original photo (bottom) and the newer photo (top) is the lighting. And as how bright it was that day most likely is not important to the actual story, where this boy was shot by a guard. Though the newer is somewhat clearer, this probably makes the photo more like real life, and is fine in terms of manipulation.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

    This story is talking about whether it is okay or right to manipulate images using a photo editor, such as Photoshop. It was also comparing how the U.S. and Europe handle manipulation compared to the Middle East, as there are not many consequences in the Middle East for manipulation of the photos. In the manipulated images, people can be replaced, mistakes corrected, and false news can be shown. For example, there were 2 women and the rest men in a political cabinet. The editor replaced the women with other men to make an all men cabinet.

    Personally, I think that photo manipulation is okay under the right circumstances. If you are replacing someone, certainly not. If you are getting rid of a minor merger (such as a hand in the corner), I believe that is okay if you could not find another way. If you are delivering news, however, I believe you should never do that, such as if you show dropped bombs' effects in an area, and got rid of one bomb that was off target. You take photos to show what happened, not what you think should have happened. If it cannot be avoided, DO NOT manipulate images!

Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

    Ansel Adams was born in San Francisco, California on February 20, 1902 and died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey, California at the age of 82 of a heart attack. In the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, he broke his nose, but as it was never properly set, he had a crooked nose for the rest of his life. He was tutored by his parents until 8th grade, in which he graduated 8th grade from the Mrs. Kate M. Wilkins Private School. Then he learned to play the piano and read music by himself, and that became his intended profession and substitute for formal schooling until he was 24, when he traded it for photography. In 1928, Adams married Virginia Best, and they had two kids.
    Adams joined the Sierra Club in 1919 and that boosted his success considerably as a new photographer. Albert Bender, a San Francisco patron of arts and artists, helped set in motion Ansel Adams's first portfolio, called the Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras. Bender was also influential in the transition of musician to photographer for Adams. In 1927 Adams met Edward Weston, and they became friends and colleagues.
    Adam's "jobs", or commercial work were clients, the National Park Service, Kodak, IBM, AT&T, a small women’s college, a dried fruit company, and the Life, Fortune, and Arizona Highways magazines. Some books that Ansel Adams published are The Negative, The Camera, and The Print, along with 7 others. Adams also created the "zone system", in which you can control and relate exposure and development.

Two Pictures I liked from Ansel Adams

Sources:

http://www.biography.com/people/ansel-adams-9175697#early-life
http://www.anseladams.com/270/
http://www.anseladamsbooks.com/techbooks.html

Post Shoot Reflection

    The 1st challenge I encountered when I was shooting is what to shoot. How should I interpret the prompts and where was a good example of how I interpreted it?
   What technical aspects I was thinking about the most was how I should position myself and the half-press. Such as, I was trying many times to get myself in the right position for the square photo, and when I think I got it, I checked the photo while I was half-pressing.
    If I could do the photo shoot again, I would probably want to look over my photos more, and try to interpret some of the prompts differently like the square prompt. I would probably still interpret bowie and metal the same way, and try to put some more rules of photography, like framing and balance.
    In my photos, I accomplished the following rules of composition: Lines, in the square photo, where the diagonal lines led to the square. Simplicity, in the metal photo, where the weight was on a non-complicted background. And finally the rule of thirds, in the bowie photo, where the bowie mini trailer was more in the bottom left than center.
    I would rather not do the same prompts because I would rather do new prompts, to make it more interesting. However, if I did, I wouldn't mind a lot, but wouldn't like it as much as new prompts.

Katie Stephenson's blog

Find it at: http://kxthphotography.blogspot.com

   What I like is how clear and simple her photos are. In almost all of her photos I can clearly see the subject of the photo, and the focus is great! I also like how she interpreted the photo "Happy". The way she interpreted the prompt was a lot more different than how I interpreted it. One thing she could improve on is her "Bowie" photo. I didn't quite understand what the subject was on that one. Overall, I think she did great!

1st Composition Shoot

Happy

Metal

Bowie

Square

Merger

Avoiding Mergers

This is a merger because in this photo the man's head that is helping the woman is cut off, and so is a little bit of his hand, and the guy in the back has his arm and some of his leg cut off too.

Framing

Here, the people and the shop's little overhang over the side walk make a foreground of the gigantic dust cloud in the back.