Photo manipulation and Ethics

A. What are some of the main points you read about in the website above regarding manipulating images?

-Doctoring images has been around for a long time

-It has been marked as unethical even though its so common

B. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times regarding image manipulation?

Washington post - Requires photographers to turn in original photo so that there is no problems with manipulation 

New york times - They don't believe in photo manipulation because they feel like journalism rely's on original images to be true to photography

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 you should leave the image as it is taken because you want people to see a real moment, not a photoshopped event that didn't happen

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 chose this photo for the most unethical photo because this photo is supposed to be representing a war and tragedy in our world and so the photo should show that with no editing but this editor manipulated the photo to make it be something that it isnt.

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 think this photo is the most ethical because all he did was change the background of the photo to create a more vivid sunset and didn't alter the subject of the photo.