Blog 5: Moral dilemas in media

A) You can sometimes trust images in the media. It sort of depends on what it is a picture of if its a close up of a persons face and they have a perfect face you can not trust that because no ones face is perfect. The same goes for cars and food ads. The types of images you can trust is sports pictures taking during a game because 99% of the time those are striate up pictures.

B) Some of the ways you can tell if an image is credible is if the image is looks real and you can tell if it hasnt been retouched or not. For example if you see a picture of a athlete on the field those are real. If you see a picture of a model on the cover of a magazine most if not all of the time the photo has been retouched.

C) Some of the times when its okay to manipulate a photo is when you are trying to sell a product like are car or some food products and things of that nature. Some of the times when its not okay to manipulate a photo is when you put a girl on the cover of a magazine because of the fact that you are promoting false beauty. Those girls all have the perfect face with the perfect body and in reality that doesn't exist.

D) One technique in determing wheather a image is fake or not is when the context is altered is to identify aspects of the image that are inconsitent with the image description. Another technique in determing wheather a image is fake is to focus on the aspects that make its unbelievable.

Blog 5 :Moral Dilemmas in Media/IP Term 1

A) From the reading… How do you know when an image is fake? Fiete cities 7 different ways to identify fake images. Explain 2 Different techniques.

Inconsistency- When an image is altered you can tell if a section of the image does not blend with the rest. For example, if the color or does not match up with the rest of the image like if the glossy paint job on a car, making it extra shiny then the image may have been altered. You can also tell by inconsistent lighting and shadowing are things that you also might see.

Context Altering- context altering is the mostly used image editing technique. You change the context of an image then claim that the image is of something else. You can also change the content of an image by placing an image on a different image to create an image with a new meaning. It's hard to notice with altered context but always one part of the image that makes it unbelievable

B) In your opinion…Can you trust the images you see in the media? Why or why not?
I can not trust the images I see in the media because I now that they could be altered to be anything that the artist wants it to be for that reason. After seeing many before-and-after pictures of the models I don't know what is real anymore. I can't trust images anymore since I can't tell if they're real or not.

C) In your opinion…when is photo manipulation “OK” and when is it “WRONG”? Explain ONE situation in which photo manipulation is acceptable, and ONE situation in which it is NOT.C) 1. A situation when a photo should be retouched is when the artist is trying to persuade the viewer into helping the human kind to be better and making people feel sorry and depressed. 2. A situation when a photo should not be touched is when the artist is trying to persuade the viewer into buying companies products or for a lie.

D) From the reading the way that I know how an images is fake is because of the lighting in the photo and the way objects are positioned.

When I first looked at this picture the first thing I recognized was a young child with a paper hat on his head that has a saying on it: Don’t make me an orphan by dying from aids.

When looking at this picture I see an African child that looks no older than 8. The first thing I say to my self is this child is full innocence. It makes me start to think that just because kids are young they still know what’s happening in our world today. Parents and grown-ups can no longer try to hide information from them. When I look at him I could tell in the look in his eyes that he has been or has seen it all. He knows HIV/Aids are the most deadly disease in American especially in Africa. As soon as I read the writing on his paper hat “Don’t make me an orphan by dying from aids.” I start to think if his mother or father is suffering from Aids and he doesn’t want to become an orphan when they die.

I don’t know when HIV/Aids had begun, but I do know that during 1940s HIV had jumped from animals to humans. To this day many people are suffering from this disease. In 2006, approximately millions of people are suffering with this disease about half of the number of people that are suffering from it doesn’t even know it. Many people though the only people to get this disease is by having sexual intercourse with the same gender. What people really don’t know is that you can get HIV when you use the same needle as someone else. People who inject themselves with drugs also risk infecting themselves with HIV.

The photographer’s intention on this photo was to show viewers that not only should we acknowledge the importance behind HIV/aids but the message this child is displaying on his hat. The photographer is letting the audience know not only does this disease affect adults but it affects young ones!

Blog 5: Moral Dilemmas in Media/ IP Term 1

From what I' ve learned thus far in Media Seminar Ive come to the conclusion that in some cases you can't trust the images you see in the media but then in other cases you can. The reason why i say that you can trust the images you see in the media is because based on Blog 3 where i found a picture of a woman in the mist of 9/11 it was clearly a real experience and it was obvious that the picture was not manipulated in any way. When you look at a pictures you bring along what you already know and interpert the picture from there. And from what i know about 9/11 and from what the newspaper and television has exposed to the public this picture looks as if it is VERY accurate. But then again you cant trust some pictures in the media. I say this because in the media they portray Celebrities as being the epitome of real beauty. When you see them on the cover of magazines they look FLAWLESS. They have no bumps, pimples, zits, and for that matter pores. In reality we know that there is no one with a face that flawless that they heve no pores. Its not reality, its a product of photoshop.

You can tell that a picture is credible or not by looking at the source. If your ever in doubt about if a picture is credible or not ask yourself: does the picture look professional? Is the picture from a source that produces well know pictures?. Or does the picture have errors or things that look out of place?

Many people have diffrent beliefs about what is exceptable when it comes to manipulating photos. In my opinion manipulating photos is okay in many diffrent aspects. It's okay when your taking a school photo and you have an unexpected bump on your face, in art, and for entertainment. I also believe something controversial. I believe it is okay to manipulate photos when selling a product. Many makeup companies sell their makeup beside the picture of a "flawless" face and many of the headlines say "Unmistakably Beautyful" or "Want Beautyful Skin." People believe that this is false advertising and deception but i dont. I believe that its fine. This is becasue if you put the face of a regular looking person on the cover of a makeup product box then most likely the product isnt going to be sold. Think about it; people wear makeup because they want to cover there normal face and make it look better then it really is. So why would someone want to see a imperfect face on a bottle of make that they want to make them look perfect?

A good way to be able to tell if a photo is fake is to see if anything in the picture is inconsistent with the image discription. Another way is by looking to understand the image formation properties of a camera. If you know that then you know when a picture is real.

Moral Dilemmas in Media

Some images in the media can be trusted, because it's not like everything can be manipulated as an advantage. Some things don't even need to be manipulated for that matter. Although I do believe that most images in media are manipulated and cannot be trusted due to the misrepresentation of it. Obviously no one wants to make it known that their products are digitally manipulated but it's very misleading.
Fortunately fellow designers/ photographers can usually tell the difference between a photo that's manipulated and one that's not. It's not always that obvious but when you fathom the possibilities of photo manipulation it's hard not to be able at least a dozen things has been manipulated.
I can't be hypocritical and say that not informing your audience of manipulation is not okay because I do it a lot. But depending on the nature of the media and the cause for manipulation... Some may deserve an explanation or at least a notice that something has been manipulated. It should probably okay in most cases since manipulation is probably the number one factor of good advertising. Sometimes it's not always bad but always letting people know when something is manipulated wouldn't hurt because it won't undermine our advertisers trust but at the same time it gets us where we need to be, to be successful.

Photo Manipulation

i think this image was manipulated to get a veiwers attention. from my view it looks like the target audience is scientist

Manipulated / Retouched Photo

this image is reduced because the right regular picture shoulnt be swirled like this. the dolphins should be in tact and water doesnt look that shiny and 3-D. this photo looks like it was retouched in photoshop. it is very beautiful.

My Retouched Pic

In this pic, as you can see this elderly womans pic was retouched. I don't know what kind of technology they use but they did a marvelous job on the picture.
As you can see, the woman on the left has very deep wrinkles as if she was 90 years old!! However, the picture on the left makes her look like she is in he late 40's

Blog 4

i believe this picture of nicole richy on the cover of seventeen magazine has been alter. I believe this because its not uncommon for a celebrity to have gotten a blemish, pimp or zit photoshoped so that they look flawless on the cover of a magazine. if you zoom in on a untouched picture you can see the pores of the persons face but in this picture if you zoom in you see no pores and me all know that everyone has pores on the face.
The target audience of this picture was for teen girls. this is obvious because its on the cover of SEVENTEEN magazine.
The intension of this picture was to draw teenage girls to the magazine. Nicole Richy is very what i would call "fetch" someone like her would be perfect for the cover of a teen mag

Blog #4

a) The reason this picture was altered is to get the customers attention to want them to buy that type of sneaker.

b) The target audience is anyone who likes jordans and would want to pay more than 100 dollars on their sneakers.

C) My reason why it was altered is to make the jordans look fresh and make them look powerful and superior to any type of sneaker.

I think the image was altered because the photographer wanted this photo to grab the viewers’ attention. By getting their attention he had the model Naomi from America’s Next Top Model take a picture falling from the sky.

The target audience is viewers that like to watch America’s Next Top Model and agencies from the modeling world and the fashion industry.

The photographer is trying to emphasis his imagination, and creativity.

Blog 4

A) The reason why the image was altered was to make the car more appealing to the consumer. The car in the image has a very good paint job and everything on the car looks fresh

B) The target audience is anyone looking to buy a new car. Also it is targeting anyone who likes cars and collects them.

C) The intention of the image is to make the car look good and make you want to drive it. The impact of the image is to make people go out and buy the car and try to impress people.

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Blog 3

I see soldiers marching on the sidewalk. It looks like the fall and the setting is outside. i see soldiers and it make me think of war. what i know about this time period is that they didn't have colored pictures and soldiers came home once in a while to visit their family. the photographer's intentsion was to show the people that the soldoers do go to war but they come back home too. another person's reaction to this image they would think about the soldiers just came back from a war.

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Blog 3: Photo Analysis

What people & objects do you see? I see what look like American Soldiers and Military boats

What is the setting and season? The setting is on the beach of Normandy. It looks like it is the summer season.


Is it posed or candid? It is candid because the soldeirs are getting ready to go into battle and are not posed.

What do you know about this time period or event? I know during this time that World War 2 was goin on and up until this battle the Allies were losing and the Axes were winning until this battle turned the tide of the war.


What can you conclude about the photographer’s intention? Why did the photographer take this photo in this way? I can conclude that the photogrpahor was actually there during the D-Day. I think the photographor took it this way because he wanted to show the audience what it feels like as you are getting prepared to fight.

What can you conclude about other people’s reaction to this image? I think that other people would probably see the smoke and think that it was a chaotic places with people dying everywhere.

What, if any, kind of historical impact, social awareness, or call to action may have resulted by the publicity of this photo? It got people wanting to help the soldiers out by probably signing up for the army.

This picture makes me feel very sad because the soldiers know they might not come back home.

Blog 3: Photo Analysis

This is an image of kids starving in Africa. I see about 15 kids half naked in the hot sun hungry. Looking at the image you can see almost every kids ribcage. Very few of the children in the image look happy. The image isn't candid because not all of the children are posing for the camera.

This picture makes me feel really bad for these children. It makes me want to help by donating money or food. It is sad how these kids in Africa are starving and people in America are taking things that we are fortunate to have for granted. This makes me think about how fortunate I am to have the things I do have.

It is sad to know that there are kids in the world starving everyday. I have never truly known approximately how many people suffer from hunger in Africa until I found this picture. It has been stated that around 11 million people suffer from hunger in Africa and throughout the world not including the U.S. 852 million people are starving. These numbers are shocking and make me wonder how this even began.

Just from looking at this image I can tell that the photographer's intentions were to make people more aware of what is going on. Instead of talking about what is going on the photographer captured it to have a bigger impact. This photo really makes people stop and think about how unfortunate this situation is. It possibly might even make people want to do something to help. This and the many other photos have had to have some kind of imact on someone to make them want to do something to help.

Blog 3 : Photo Analysis

I see a crowd of black people packed together against a grey background, and only their heads can be seen. In front of them are the heads of two army soldiers. The centerpiece of the image is a crying baby being held up in the air above the crowd. Well, since this a Hurrican Katrina picture, the season is summer. This is a candid picture, seeing as everyone looks way too miserable to be posing.

The dark background on which the picture was taken gives the picture a sort of depressive tone. And to top it off, the crying baby pulls on the hearstrings. When I see the crowd of people, it makes me think of panic and misery. When I see the crying baby, it makes me think about suffering. And seeing the soldiers, they kind of look indifferent, and that they're not doing much to help. It all kind of gives me a feeling of helplessness, like there's nothing I can do but watch them suffer.

What I know about Hurricane Katrina from the news was that it was one heck of a hurricane. In summer 2005, the hurricane flooded and destroyed a big portion of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast. Citizens were stranded and in need of help, and the US took their sweet time getting there. Citizens in our own country had horrible living conditions, with dirty clothes, no home, and no food or clean drinking water. They were considered "refugees", which I thought was kind of an insult. As a result, the government got major criticism because of their slow response to the disaster. It was a wake up call to the United States that they need to be better prepared to handle crises within our own country.

The photographer's intention was to make us empathize what the victims of the hurricane were feeling, by setting the mood with dark color tones, and the crying baby. I'm pretty sure that other people would react to the picture the same way I did, which was helpless, and not able to do anything about it. The publicity of this photo caused the United States to put some more pep in their step in helping the hurricane victims, and has spawned many volunteers, average people like myself, who were donating goods, with some actually going down there and lending a helping hand.

Blog 3: Photo Analysis

In this image some of the things that I see are Nancy Reagan wife of former President Ronald Reagan, officers, and people. Nancy Reagan and the people look on as former President Ronald Regan’s casket is transferred by the officers onto a horse-drawn. This image is taken to show the emotions of the people and Nancy Reagan as Ronald Regan’s casket is being transferred onto a horse-drawn. The setting of this image is taken at 1600 Constitution Avenue near the White House. The season this was taken place was in the summer time. This image is candid because this was taken place on June 9, 2004.

From my point of view, I see depressing and downhearted. This makes me feel depressing, but at the same time I feel great that a lot of people were there to honor Ronald Reagan. This also makes me feel that this is how everyone should act to honor and help others, instead of violence and hating one another that is happening around the world.

Some of the things I know about this event is that Ronald Regan died of pneumonia on June 5, 2004 at his home in Bel-Air, California. After the state funeral in Washington that drew leaders from around the world, he was buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

I think the photographer intention was to let us see from a distance to see the emotions of the people and Nancy Reagan. By taking this image from a distance the photographer was able to show a wide image of the things that was happening as former President Ronald Regan’s casket is being transferred by the officers onto a horse-drawn. I think when other people see this picture they will feel the same as I do, depressed.