Blog 5

A) You can determine whether an image is fake by seeing if the image has physical properties such as a cameras effect edge’s sharpness, blurriness, focus and etc. A fake image doesn’t consist of these effects.
B) It depends on how you perceive the image, there are times were you look at the photograph in a magazine and realize that the image you are looking at is not exactly the same when you observe it up close. You can trust an image in the media when you see an image that looks real, but was probably done in Photoshop. For instance, when you come across an image in a magazine you notice a group of people you automatically start to think that these people are family members or friends. These people could probably don’t even know each other and be placed together in this one photo.
C) Photo manipulation is ok only when you’re re-touching your own photo or year book pictures; because some people would want to reminisce on the times they had in high school. Photo manipulation for advertisement is wrong because many older woman look at the young woman that are on the cover of a magazine selling this make-up products. The older woman start to think if the make-up this young woman is wearing would make them look younger. When in reality half these products that are on these advertisements don’t even work.

Blog 4:

a) i think this image was altered because first of the lighting on the car goes for lite to dark to lite. another reason why i think thtis picture was alterd is because the shadow does not mact the shape of the car as you can see behind the trunk.

b) The target audience that the artist is tring to get is any that is looking for a new flashy car to show off.

c) The reason why the aritist did is to make the car look more extatic than what is realy is to the neaked eye.

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Blog 4

1) I altered this image to show my friends and my own passion for wrestling by combining two different stables logos into one logo.
2) The target audience when creating this photo was my friends.
3) The intention was to combine to of the greatest wrestling groups into one.
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http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/divers13/NWO%20wallpaper01.jpg

EXTRA CREDIT : perception vs deception

( HW 50 pts )

CLICK HERE to watch this video about beauty, produced by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund.

COMMENT to this post : (DUE 10/31)

Post your reactions to this video by clicking on the "comment" link below :
1) What was your immediate reaction? Explain how you felt after watching this video.
2) How does the billboard for Fasel makeup define "beauty"?
3) Do you think the media's perception of "beauty" is correct?
4) Define what YOU think "beauty" really is.

EXTRA CREDIT : A single shot can end a war

(10 pts HW)
One of the photographs we studied in the Photojournalism lecture, "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima" by Rosenthal, is the subject of a major motion picture directed by Clint Eastwood entitled "The Flags of Our Fathers." It is due to be released this fall.

"February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized."

COMMENT to this post : DUE 10/31
1) Would you go see this movie? Why or why not?

Related Links :
http://www.flagsofourfathers.net/flags-of-our-fathers-trailer/

Blog 5: MORAL DILEMMAS IN MEDIA

1. well when you ask if i can trust a pictures you see in the media i think it depends on what you are talking about. for example if there is a woman looking for some sort of plastic surgery. on the internet and on T.V. there are before and after pictures so then maybe the after pic of some other woman cant be trusted because people will do anything to get publicity. so maybe this woman gets her surgery and she wonders why she looks so horrible but on tv it looks so good.

a second example where pics cantb e trusted is those loose weightcomercial with the weight loss pills. people in the comercials look all extra plastic when in actuality thats is not how it is.

a last example of hpw pics are unworth is the pics of models and how young ladies think that is is true beauty. some of these picture consist of people with no pores in their skin. we all have pores. this is all false advertisment and cant be trustd.







2. how to differenciate a credible picture from one that is not credible. it depends on what the photo is pertinent to. the given examples above are questionable. the weight loss pictures and plastic sergery pictions can and cant be deamed as credible. but the super model pictures are automatically known as not credible. not saying that these women and mean for that matter arent beautiful. make up works real miracles. it hides alot. as shown here: http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/bikini/index.html. these are examples og what make up does. it decieves you. these pictures are not credible.

3. manipulating a photo isnt always bad. its ok when the picture is not bwin used to scam people like for advirtisment purposes. like cartoons or art work. artist have different visions some of which include manipulation to their art. an artist cant be faulted for a manipualted picture because it is the way they see it. an example of art that is manipulated is shown here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rafelalmaary.com/images/manipulated-images/SunFlower.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rafelalmaary.com/manipulated-images.htm&h=404&w=595&sz=90&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=uc3lPBqiGYZc1M:&tbnh=92&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmanipulated%2Bpicture%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

visual:
here its ok because ur your scaming anyone and because an artist has the right to be creative. its also beautiful.

Blog5

A) i dont think you can always trust the things in media.Ithink that because im ages can be retouched and you not even know it. not all images are real images. so you really dont know which images you can truely trust
B) I know when an image is credible when the image has not ben messed with. when it acctually and not a fariy tale
C) photo manipulation is okay for like family or school photos if requested. photo manipulation is not okay when you do it to change a ppersons whole appearance. for instance in magazines and on the internet most people dont really look like that so it wouldnt be right.

D)one way of telling if an image is fake is if the image has been alterd by an existing image that was taken by a camera. another way of telling is by altering the context of an image. like saying something is one thing but it really isn't .

Blog # 5: Moral Dilemas in Media

A) The pictures in the media some of them you can trust them but anything else no. The reason why I say this is because pictures would be close up to the face and other body parts it would look to perfect with a physical change. This also includes adveristment for other companies to get publicity. Only types pictures you can trust is althelic sports.
B) The was you can tell you that image has been retouched is by looking at the image pointing out what's perfect or not. As evident you look at a basketball "LeBron James" pictures they're in action and not retouched with any type of make-up. Another is when you look on the cover of essence magazine the image is retouched with make-up and you see all the blumishes on the person's face.
C) The times you should be able to manipuate a pictures is when your comparing and contrasting. It isn't okay when you advertising false information about somebody. This concludes that nothing in the world could be perfect.
D) The way you can tell if a picture is fake is when the image is faded in or out including having make- up to cover-up the blumishes and pores of a person face, but when it comes to the person body they make skin all smooth and shiny. One Robert's Fiete ways of pointing out a fake picture is when the content of the image is altered. The reason how you can tell is when you like physical traits to see which one is using the photographer imagination. Another factor is illumination characteristics of a scene. You can tell when you have 3d image that is being illuminated or faded/shadow to make it appealing to the viewer.

Blog 5 : Moral Dilemmas in Media

When it comes to media, we have alot of dilemmas that we deal with. For example, we have pictures that are very fake.
a.) I know when a picture is fake because you can see blemishes and spots in the picture were the photographer forces it. In most supermodels pictures or even a regular picture that was manipulated, you can something that is larger like he breasts or her eyes.
b.) In media today, alot of photographers can have pictures that can make a person think about something. Forexample, if a kid sees a picture of 50 Cent with a gun he would want to get a gun because he thinks it is ok because 50 Cent has one. But most pictures are good for our media like when they are advertising for cars or girl stuff.

Blog #4

This picture is a picture of Last years Hurricane Katrina. I picked this picture because I felt that Hurricane Katrina was something very powerful last year because so many people lost family members, their love ones, and their personal belongings that they cherished. I think this picture was altered because of the different mixtures of colors. For example you can see “The Times” newspaper then you can see someone’s house with trees going across the paper in a straight line. I think the target audience for this picture could have been anybody from children to adults. But in this picture the people that went through Hurricane Katrina suffered a lot. Like the lady in this picture this is what people had to go through. A lot of people lost their homes, and companies. Also you can see a little bit how people had to leave their cars and travel on foot. Hurricane Katrina was a very bad time for the Southeast and it will always be remembered as the years go on.

Blog 5 : Moral Dilemmas in Media/IP Term 1

In media class seminar we covered on a lot of things. First it was the introduction on Blogoshere then we did photo analysis were we had to look for a picture and talk about how it impacted the world. In blogger 4 we had to look for pictures that had been manipulated with and talk about it. You can’t always trust the images in media because they might have been manipulated in a way so it can attract a certain group. The actual picture might have been changed like the color and the appearance. You can never know when an image is credible or not because it might just look that good or it was change. The only way you no if an image is credible or not is if you took the picture you’re self. Sometimes when you have those digital cameras they have brighten and darken on it. Manipulation is ok when you’re trying to make a point like feed the children or war pictures. It is wrong when your making a persons body unreal and women try to get that body and can’t.

In the car picture its ok because its showing of the style of the car even though its altered.

In the other picture the lady has no pures and this is not ok because then ladys will start to by this product and it doesn't work because the picture was altered.

Blog 3: Photo Analysis

This picture is a photo of Albert Einstein, and he is riding a bicycle. Of course the bicycle has many shapes of all sizes. and there are two bicycles in the picture. Also there is a tree in the background and a little alcove. maybe an outside hallway. It is also in black and white.
This photo makes me feel as though Albert E. is just learning how to ride a bike and he is successful. i also think that he is having a good time because he is smiling. The weather also looks very nice.
I dont have any prior knowledge on this photo. But I knew that it was Einstein becasue of the hair and the time of year.
I can concluded that the photographer wanted to capture Einstein in his glory days when he was just starting to invent things.

Blog 4: A Maniplulated or Retouched Photo

I think that this images was altered because the background isn't real and the whole image itself looks like it is animated.

The target audience is people who are into cars. The impact/ intention of this image are the bright colors, the fast car, and the

You would find this image at: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=fake%20images&sa=N&tab=wi

DONOW : section 05

Reply to this question using the "comment" function :

1) How can you tell if an image is "fake"? List 3 warning signs.

Blog 2

http://terrorism-news.blogspot.com/

The purpose of the blog was about terrorist news. The blog says that the Bush Administration are not believed by everyone, and they were just trying to cover up the situation.

One of the comments that were posted was talking about how the Bush Administration had brainwashed the 16% that still believed what he was saying.

Blog 2 : Welcome to the blogosphere

http://littlemrman.blogspot.com/
The purpose of the blog was about a little boy named Jack. Jack is a cute little kid, and the blog that i posted about was him and a telephone. there were also blogs about him and a journal he has and how he like to play with his friends and hid toys, mind you Jack is no more than, what?, three.

One blogger wrtoe:
At October 16, 2006, mimi said...
I enjoyed our conversation today, Jack. It doesn't matter to me that you hung up....you called back and that's all that matters.;
i guess it's a family member, and that's who little Jack was talking to on the phone.

Blog 3

In this image you can see a young girl holding a gun. She’s also holding bullets. The girl is very serious and she looks like she is waiting for commands. In the back you see other people with guns. In the left arm you can see that they have Colombian flag colors. The people are all wearing army fatigue. They are also wearing boots and hat.
I see a young girl in the army. I feel very sad because I think that maybe this is a young girl that had to go to the army because it’s the only way that she can help her family. When I look at the girls eyes I can see that she look likes she’s proud and she’s ready for anything. She looks very prepare and confident.
Reading about this image I found out that this a teenage Colombian girl. She’s involved in a group name FARC. They kill innocent Colombians because they want to take over the counties government. I learned looking at this image that 6,000 children are believed to be fighting in Colombia. A third of these kids are females. Many of the kids are forced to join the groups. Some other times the children decide to join the group because they offer money.
The photographer took this image because he wanted to raise awareness. The photographer wanted to inform the public about the situation in Colombia. I think he took the photo that way because a young girl holding a gun is not something you see everyday. I think other people reaction when looking at this image is surprise and impress. I think if people look at this image they probably will decide to help the kids so this image is raising social awareness.

What is a Blog?

To me a blog is an online diary of your thoughts and ideas.

Blog 3 : Photo Analysis

In this photograph I see before and after pictures of Japan. At first you see buildings and then in the after picture you see no buildings in it and it looks like a desert.

I see a city and then the after effects of the explosion and it makes me feel bad about what happend after seeing the devistation of the attack.

This event took place during world war 2 and was the event that made Japan surrender.

The photogrophers intentions were to show the devestation that the united states caused when they bombed japan.

Blog 2

http://blog.colombiahoy.org/


The purpose of this blog is to inform people about news in Colombia. They talk about sports and the things that Colombians enjoy. They have no comments on the blogs.

Blog 3: Photo Analysis

In this image I see five African children who seems like they are hungry and sick. It seems like they are locked into a room with bars as if they are in jail. You can't tell the season that they are in but it is sunny and it may be hot.

My personal feelings about this image is that I feel bad for these children because they are poor and the probably don't have a family who loves them and who can take care of them. When I look at this image I wonder children who are ashy, dirty, and they don't look healthy. It makes me think of how good of a life that I have, that involes a lovable family, food to eat, water to drink and bathe in, and clothes that I can fit.

My prior knowledge based on this photo is that in Africa kids and even adults struggle to take care of themselves. This picture was taken recently of the children.

I think that photograpger took this picture so that people can see how African children are living. I think that other people's reactions would be the same as mine.