No retouching under any circumstances is standard policy for most respectable
news organizations. I’m not allowed to alter photos for The New York Times and
had to sign a contract to that effect. There was a hot spot in the door of the
Hyundai Genesis pic I shot at the auto show that i would have liked to have
removed, but couldn’t. I later provided the same photo to Assouline, a book
publisher, for a Hyundai book I’m working on. Before sending it to them, I did
some retouching. News is reality. Advertising and promotions are make believe.
Two different worlds, two different photographic standards.
{ai;
On Jan 23, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Igor Roshchin <[email protected]>:
>
>> I am not seeing what was the problem in what he did.
>> The modification he did did not change the purpose of the photo or
>> whatever the photo presents.
>>
>> It brings back the question of what is and what is not "manipulation" of
>> the photo. As "burning and dodging" is also image manipulation and
>> modification.
>> While I understand that one can defined the modification of an image
>> when the actual pixels are replaced/moved.
>> But what if he just darkened some portion of the photo with an object in
>> it so that the object is deep in a shadow, and hence cannot be seen on the
>> photo? That's not moving of the pixels, but just changing the levels
>> on a part of the photograph.
>>
>> I understand the problem when a person is removed from a group photo,
>> but that's totally different.
>> I think in this particular case, they are making a mountain out of a
>> molehill.
>
>
>
> That was my reaction as well. I understand that AP has strict guidelines but
> to completely ban him from working for them seems harsh. I would have
> thought some lesser penalty, such as banning him for six months or so, would
> have got the massage across.
>
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
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