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Academic Shoot

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In this picture, I used the Rule of Thirds. I put the girl in the right third of the picture. The subject of this picture is the girl using the fire extinguisher which is aimed at her target. Yes, it is clear to the people viewing my photo what the subject of the picture is.  The rule of composition I used is Balance. There is a nice spread of people's different heights in the picture. In this picture, the subject is the teacher instructing her students what to do a the whiteboard. I think the subject is mostly clear to viewers, the only thing they might not see is what the teacher is instructing them to do. In order to make sure people know what the subject is, I could've stepped back to where what they were doing on the whiteboard could be seen.  The rule of composition is Balance as well. The students fill the picture and Chef is at the head of the table, looking the other way, balancing out the amount of people looking in one ...
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Photo Manipulation and Ethics

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A) A main point I read about in the article was that photo manipulation is rendering reality. Even if you don't change much about the picture, it's still not allowing the viewers to have an opinion on the true picture. People seeing the manipulated photo are seeing the altered version, so they are basing their opinion off of someone else's interpretation. B) The philosophy of major newspapers, like The Washington Post and The New York Times, is  that the photojournalists are required to turn in their proof for the photos they took, as well as their final portfolio if they want their photos to be used. C) Some things are acceptable to do to an image without being unethical. For example, if there is a great picture in a magazine, and you just want to make a little bit brighter, that's fine because you're just changing the lighting so that people can better see the picture. Another example would be if you crop unnecessary objects out of a picture, like a fire hydra...
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