National Geographic Warm-Up & Photo Manipulation and Ethics

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2. First of all i really like this picture because of the colors, black and white. The colors make the building very retro yet future like. I really like the structure of the builing with the stairs and rounded halls. And your focus on the picture leads up to the center on the very last floor. The person who took this picture was really lucky for getting a chance to enter the building.

3. I would probably like to take a picture of town lake with the buildings of downtown in the background yet the focus to be maybe on something thats on the water. Maybe of a kayak or a rowing class in their canoes.



A. Even though photochop is a very useful tool to many photographers, there is a right and wrong way in using it, and there is always a good time to use it, and sometimes it is just un-called for.

B. There is a time when you can photochop the pictures, but when you alter the picture to the point where it's completely diffrent that isnt correct.

I believe this picture was the most unethical, because the topic of war is something alot of people will read about, and for them to manipulate such a photo to make it seem harsh towards the father and kid, isn't reasonable.

In my opinion this is the least unethnical because you hear alot about magazine and propaganda's reputation for "fixing" the original photo and making many changes to make the star or cover look more appealing to the readers/viewers.