Lytro warm-up and Fashion Photography Ethics

Lytro warm-up:
1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo? The area you clicked on would be focused on.
2. How does this new camera work? You take a picture and then click on an area you want zoomed in and it does it for you automatically.
3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about) You would need to know how to work the camera and know the rules of photography.
4. Is it worth the money? Yes because you could choose whether or not to zoom in on one area or not.


Fashion:
1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully) The changes were they added make-up, they changed the shape of her face, they fixed her acne and cleared up her face, they changed her lips, they changed the angle of her eyebrows.

2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not? It is not because it's kind of like cheating and making women think that person is perfect but they're really not. It lowers women's self esteem greatly.

3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation? Yes because changes to make someone look prettier than they actually are is misleading women to think they're not perfect because nobody is.

4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't? Changes aren't okay. None of them are.

5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism. Fashion photography is taking pictures of fashion and photojournalism is taking pictures of anything.

6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each? Fashion is everywhere and everyone wants to look good. And photojournalism is for people who are interested in taking pictures of everything.