- Being ethical when editing photos means you have to be professional and make slight altercations to a photo so that you are still portraying the truth. You should say that you altered the photo.
-There is a difference between capturing the truth and creating art with photos.
B. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times regarding image manipulation?
They have very strict regulations on photo editing, you can't change the colors of the original photos in photoshop and you must show the proof that you didn't. They want to capture and show the truth the best that you can. They'd like you to be very straightforward with an audience of what was captured with your camera.
C. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line unto an unethical manipulation?
I think some photo manipulation is okay, such as cropping the photo or manipulating the colors a bit in order to make the photo more vibrant. Sometimes our cameras don't capture a picture the way we see it and we want to focus on something we were looking at in real life. I think that that is ethical, if you change it to how you feel you really saw it. I think it'd be more acceptable if you also publish the fact that you are using altered photos.
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.
I believe that this photo is the most unethical because there was no permission at all from either of the subjects to alter their photos. Oprah Winfrey is the cover of the magazine and they're deceiving the audience by putting her in a sparkly, fancy dress, with the headline "Oprah! The richest woman on TV?" The publisher is already putting an idea into reader's heads that Oprah dresses like this and she can because she's rich, this is unethical because the audience is already forming an opinion based on false images; There's no part of the magazine that says it's altered.
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.
I feel as though this is the least unethical because this is a photo meant for a family and not a publication. The family simply wanted a photo in which they'd all be together and although it's not the truth it can help them have a photo that captures the fact that they're a family. I don't believe it's doing anything harmful.
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