Everything is Photoshopped

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
Date: August 24, 2009 12:59:44 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Everything is Photoshopped

Dave,

I've taken part in these discussions before.  They mostly start from a  
false premise, namely that the image captured by the camera represents  
some sort of objective truth.  Not so.  First, the image is distorted  
in various ways by the camera itself, for example because the film or  
sensor can't capture the full range of colors in nature.  Second, the  
photographer can manipulate the truth that is captured by such things  
as camera angle and in-the-camera cropping.  Beyond that, the raw  
image doesn't capture what people remember -- they tend to focus on  
details that are dwarfed by all the other things in the field of view.

Almost every image from your camera should be cropped and probably  
corrected for brightness and color balance before it's inflicted on  
others.  We don't usually regard this as bad manipulation, just  
correction of camera error.  But where does this end and manipulation  
begin?

My personal criterion is whether the image I share with others is  
faithful to the time and place, capturing what I (or perhaps someone  
else) wants to remember about the event.

Note, though, that my images are for communication, not for evidence.

Mary

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 9:00 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:


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From: Rodney Van Meter <rdv () sfc wide ad jp>
Date: August 23, 2009 4:04:18 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Everything is Photoshopped

Dave, for IP, if you wish...

A quarter of a century ago, or less, there was an enormous fuss when  
National Geographic digitally moved one of the Pyramids to make it fit  
their cover a little better.

Now, you would be foolish to believe anything that you see:
http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-photoshop2-2009aug02,0,3129812.story

<snip>
"My belief," says Scott Kelby, president of the Florida-based National  
Assn. of Photoshop Professionals, "is that every single major magazine  
cover is retouched. I don't know how they couldn't be." But don't stop  
there. Aside from U.S. newspapers, most of which do not permit photos  
to be manipulated, it's quite possible that the vast majority of  
images seen in the public arena have been altered.
<snip>

I had no idea there is such a thing as the National Association of  
Photoshop Professionals, but it doesn't surprise me.
http://www.photoshopuser.com/

               --Rod





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