Comments on: Altering Reality http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/ Shooting the pictures you WANT Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sebastian http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Sebastian Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:20:49 +0000 http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/#comment-467 Dodging and burning an image is definitely ok and help to enhance the aesthetics of the photo. Cropping helps too. Altering reality is a MAJOR issue only when it is of a reportage nature and enhancements such as cloning or adding in images changes the entire context of the story. Furthermore oversaturation and contrast should be avoided lest it distort the actual intensity of the event. If one is practising fine art of commercial photography, one's imagination is truly the limit. Dodging and burning an image is definitely ok and help to enhance the aesthetics of the photo. Cropping helps too.

Altering reality is a MAJOR issue only when it is of a reportage nature and enhancements such as cloning or adding in images changes the entire context of the story. Furthermore oversaturation and contrast should be avoided lest it distort the actual intensity of the event.

If one is practising fine art of commercial photography, one’s imagination is truly the limit.

]]> By: Lanatir http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Lanatir Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:12:03 +0000 http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/#comment-269 Hehe the adjustment I did for that is just using a Levels layer. Pulling the black point towards the right and pulling the white point towards the left. Subsequently bumping the contrast by pullin the mid grey towards the white point :) Hehe the adjustment I did for that is just using a Levels layer. Pulling the black point towards the right and pulling the white point towards the left. Subsequently bumping the contrast by pullin the mid grey towards the white point :)

]]> By: Silencers http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Silencers Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:50:18 +0000 http://www.digisniper.com/2006/08/04/altering-reality/#comment-268 Whoa. Is that just HSL adjustments or you did something with WB as well? I have to agree with your take on manipulation for documentation, especially in journalism; it's not only unprofessional, it's wrong. But if you want to make things look pretty for the sake of the art, then yes... I do post processings all the time :D Whoa. Is that just HSL adjustments or you did something with WB as well? I have to agree with your take on manipulation for documentation, especially in journalism; it’s not only unprofessional, it’s wrong.

But if you want to make things look pretty for the sake of the art, then yes… I do post processings all the time :D

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