[Leica] reuters moron fired for not knowing how to use photoshop yet

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Tina

Try as I may, can't find any added bldgs. Believe me, having been a 
staffer for several large dailies and a contract shooter for photo 
agencies I have a pretty good idea of what's what. Having gone back and 
re-read some of the issues I can't help but feel Reuters offered Hajj up 
to appease "blog critics". Whatever the hell those blogs are?

I would also hazard a guess there is much pressure on media groups to 
turn down the heat on civilian casualties in the Mid East debacle. I've 
mentioned several time the Magnum Photo site has excellent photo 
coverage on what is happening there.  There may well have been 
exaggerations on some sites bombed. Heck, go back and look at the 
propaganda from WWI and WWII. Still, a quick glance at the rubble which 
was Beirut should make a point of two.

Was that Newsweek doing OJ too dark? Shame on those liberal elitist 
bastards. Next thing you know they will be trying to tell us there are 
no WMD in Iraq. Or maybe there isn't any Iraq left? :-P

Tina Manley wrote:

> At 01:38 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
>
>> One thing I keep coming back to is the original issue of "fakeness". 
>> You say altered, I say enhanced? You say potato and I say American 
>> Fries?
>>
>> Walt
>
>
> But, Walt, he didn't just increase the contrast.  He added smoke and 
> the, the Reuters site says, cloned buildings.  I think adding contrast 
> and adjusting levels and color balance are fine, as long as they don't 
> intentionally change the meaning of the photo (for example, darkening 
> OJ's skin).  Adding and subtracting things from the photos are fine 
> for fine art, portraits and advertising, but not for photojournalism.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
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