Ethical Beliefs

Photojournalist Ethics should be situational because it really does just depend on the types of changes that are being made. It is not always wrong to make little changes in a photo. If you make drastic changes, for example adding certain object such as a pen or even a flag in the backgroud, that would not be a reasonable change. It gives off different ideas about the photo.

There is truth in candid taken photos, but i do not believe there is truth in posed photos. When taking posed pictures, there is just emotion in the photo that the person is just doing for the camera, but if caught off guard or in candid images, there is truth, you can determine how the person is feeling because they have no time to think of an emotion and show it!

As a photographer I have just taken out little white spots from the photo. I havent really tried to make my photos something else. I think it is important that the news defined ethical standards because photographers need to know their limits and what changes are allowed to be made without creating lies.

Dove Film

In the film they changed the woman's neck height, they lifted her eyebrows, drew more attention to her eyes, lowered her shoulders, and thinned out her cheeks. Dove was giving examples of how their products work this is ok with fashion photography because its what the people look for. But in photojournalism, we look for truth and candid moments. Fashion Photography does have its negatives though, it causes the audience to think that by having the same products, they can look just as beautiful. The photos are showing a made up human being.