Photo Manipulation & Ethics

Some people use photoshop on pictures as a joke, or just for fun. But some of the more professional photographers have used it in the wrong way, and it has cost them their jobs. 

I think that photoshop, used in the right way, is ok to use. For example, stitching together pieces of two pictures that were taken moments apart is not unethical in my opinion. But manipulating an image to replace women with men, and using a person for the subject of three different pictures shouldn't be done. Especially if they did not use her name in any of them. 

Post Shoot Reflection

I didn't encounter a whole lot of problems while trying to find pictures that would go along with the prompt. I think the Bowie prompt was the easiest one to shoot because I just looked for things that would best represent Bowie, or the first things I thought of when I thought of Bowie.

The hardest thing for me to work on was focusing the camera, and what angle to hold the camera at. When you're shooting, it's really easy to see how you would want the picture to turn out, but taking the picture from the right angle with the right light is a whole other story.

If I could do the shoot again with the knowledge of the different rules of photography, I would take those rules and use them in all of my pictures to make them a lot easier to look at and a lot better.

Some of the pictures that I took I really liked, so i would take those the same way as I did in the first shoot.

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I really liked shooting for the Bowie and Happy prompts, and I liked most of the pictures that I took to go with those prompts.

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In her prompt shoot, she took the pictures in very good lighting and they looked very well done.
I liked her 'Bowie' picture because I thought it depicted the prompt well.

I think she could have used a better example for metal and square. She might have been able to see how the prompt applied but it wasn't easy for the viewer to see it.

(I left a comment on her Bowie picture)

Avoiding Mergers in 9/11

Framing in 9/11

This picture is a much better example of framing. The pictures of the people on the window make a very good frame for the people looking at them on the street. 

Balance in 9/11

While my first picture did include geometric shapes, I think this picture represents the rule of balance much better. The firefighters raising the flag make a triangle, and the destroyed structure in the background gives it good balance between the people and the flag and the background. 

Lines in 9/11

The first picture I chose for lines was an ok example of this rule. I think the many lines of the fence, the sidewalks covered with papers and dust, the broken and falling signs and the bench that the exhausted firefighters are sitting on are all leading to the firefighters. The bright light of the fire in the background gives a good backdrop as well.

Rule of Thirds in 9/11

This picture is a much better example of the rule of thirds. The firefighters on the lift are positioned in the bottom right corner, and you can see where their water is going and where they are moving.