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- Title
What's Wrong with this Picture?
- Authors
Reaves, Shiela
- Abstract
This article presents information on a study related to daily newspaper photo editors' attitudes and their tolerance toward digital manipulation. There is a firm and conservative consensus among these 511 photographic editors at daily newspapers concerning at least these 15 specific photographic examples of digital manipulation. They were largely intolerant of computer alterations or manipulation; with the overwhelming majority disagreeing with any computer alterations other than burning and dodging. Among the editors who did show more tolerance toward computer alterations of photographs, there are some discernable characteristics. Among these attributes were: having less familiarity with the technology; working at newspapers with circulations under 100,000; having no background in photojournalism; participating in less professional development activity; not having a college degree; being older than 35; and having less influence in day-to-day photo editing decisions. Educators and organizations should be encouraged to share what they know about digital manipulation. Educators can work to reach the potential visual and verbal editors and alleviate the fear of one director of photography: the age of electronics will make some photographers lazy. Now what one sees is what he gets. One must watch and balance subject, light, and background to get the shot. With digital technology, one could get the shot by being a better computer editor than photographer.
- Subjects
PHOTOJOURNALISM; JOURNALISTS; COMMERCIAL photography; COMPUTER graphics; NEWSPAPER circulation; TECHNOLOGY; CAREER development
- Publication
Newspaper Research Journal, 1992, Vol 13/14, Issue 4/1, p131
- ISSN
0739-5329
- Publication type
Article