Ethics of photo manipulation for news

Ethics of photo manipulation for news

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  Ethics of editingphotos for news
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  We all editor manipulate images to...
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  We all editor manipulate images to...  Make them look brighter
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  We all editor manipulate images to...  Make them look brighter  More focused, sharper
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  We all editor manipulate images to...  Make them look brighter  More focused  Barbie dolled?
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  But what arethe acceptable rules for using photoshop or photo manipulation in news?
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  Guide to photoshop “Photoshopis a highly sophisticated image manipulation program. We use only a tiny part of its potential capability to format our pictures, crop and size them and balance the tone and color. For us it is a presentational tool”
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  Why was thisnecessary?
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  What are thenew rules then? “No additions or deletions, no misleading the viewer by manipulation of the tonal and color balance to disguise elements of an image or to change the context.” Materially altering a picture in Photoshop or any other image-editing software will lead to dismissal.
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  Additions and deletions
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  Colour adjustment
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  So what cana photographer do?  Do minor brightness and contrast adjustments in Levels, using only the extreme left and right sliders without clipping or removing detail from highlight and shadow areas.  Crop, providing the crop does not remove information with journalistic value. Use the crop tool to straighten a slightly slanted horizon, but not add a tilt to an otherwise level photo or flip a picture upside down or left to right.  Minor use of Levels and Curves to fix the color balance of a photo to its natural state.
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  What can aphoto editor do for publishing  Use the Levels and Curves tools  Use the Burn tool  Use the Saturation tool  Use the Shadow Highlights tool  Cloning or Healing Tools may only be used for sensor dust removal  In rare and exceptional cases where an important photo has been improperly exposed, make significant adjustments using a variety of tools to “rescue” a photo that would otherwise be unsuitable for publication
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  Staging of pictures  Newsphotography must depict reality. Any attempt to alter that reality constitutes fabrication  Must not stage or re-enact news events. They may not direct the subjects of their images or add, remove or move objects  Under certain limited circumstances, photographers may request subjects to strike an artificial pose or look in their direction such as at red carpets, movie and television premieres, book signings, award ceremonies, and medal or trophy ceremonies.  Photographers may also direct the subjects of portraits
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  Syria's guitar strummingrebels
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  Reuters freelancer HamidKhatib, 2013
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  It was staged!!