[LRflex] Re: Reuters' version of truth in Photoshop
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:00:19 +0100
Hi Neil,
I couldn't agree more - news photographs are one thing - the technical
constraints of publishing another one - and art probably a third one.
Sometimes I dream I can take the perfect shot first time, just raw and
ready. In other instance, I think it is part of the pleasure and talent
of the artist to deliver a fully achieve picture.
But I understand why they issue guidelines too.
Yours
Phileicangemix.
Neil Gould wrote:
>Recently, you wrote:
>
>
>>From: Alex Hurst <corkflor@xxxxxx>
>>
>>As you may recall, there was major fall-out at Reuters over a couple
>>of heavily PSed shots from one of their photographers in the Middle
>>East. Heads rolled over that one.
>>
>>I've just come across their new guidelines to their staffers at:
>>
>>http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/01/18/the-use-of-photoshop/
>>
>>which make interesting reading.
>>
>>As ever, it's very much a question of degree. I wonder how many of us
>>actually operate within these guidelines, and how many routinely go a
>>lot further....
>>
>>
>>
>I think those guidelines are very reasonable for news photography. They
>are aimed at preserving the integrity of the content and minimizing the
>impact of image adjustments on non-calibrated systems. I would even find
>it reasonable to disallow the removal of sensor dirt spots in the field.
>
>However, I am not a news photographer, and go much further than that in my
>use of image editing software. I attempt to maximize the impact of the
>images I shoot by emphasizing some aspects, and anything that I might do
>in a wet darkroom is routine in the digital processing realm. Even
>further, I see nothing wrong with the creation of artistic images through
>use of composites; just different guidelines for different types of
>photography.
>
>Regards,
>
>Neil
>
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