the ironic part of all this is that the term photography was invented to
cover all these techniques after all the myriad different terms for
different ways of capturing and manipulating images got out of hand in the
mid-1800s.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: How to make Good Pictures (Let's Free the Captured Images)
Taking of photograph of my backyard and then removing the tree in the
background so that the blade of grass has a more pleasing appearance
is dishonest. It's no longer a photograph. Call it a collage, an
image, art, whatever. At best your final result contains part of a
photograph. Presenting such an image and not being forthright about
the alteration makes it difficult to impossible for the viewer to come
to a come to a realistic conclusion. If you want to edit the reality
out of your photographs, fine. Just let your viewer know. Otherwise,
it's deception.
