Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Now I know why the chicken had to stay in the photo we discussed last week. :-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: screaming children meet john > At 07:20 PM 9/16/2008, you wrote: >>Editorial - tends to mean - opinionated >>as in >>Editorial cartoonist >>Editorial columnist >> >>here's the rules >><http://www.digitalphotojournalist.org/information2.html> >> >>who enforces them? >> >>Fond regards, >>George > > > You're right. Editorial photography can present an opinion - such as "I > think these people in Honduras are hungry and could use your help." But > anything that alters the truth - deliberately making the people look > hungry when they are not or using artificial lights or props or poses to > change what is really there - should have a disclaimer or explanation that > what is portrayed is an illustration and not a true representation of what > would have been evident if the photographer had not been there. I follow > the Digital Photojournalist rules for any photograph that is leased for > editorial or photojournalist use. Anything that is altered for stock or > advertising photography use is labeled as digitally altered - even if I > only remove a blurred seagull from the sky. I would never, ever set up > lights to deliberately make someone look bad because I disagree with their > political opinions - unless it was for an art exhibit labeled as such (I > can't imagine even doing it for that, but you never know!) > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >