I think a photojournalists ethics should be situational because not everyone's always right and you can rely on someone to tell you what's ethical and what's not, but who's to say that that person is always right? nobody. so i think that it should be situational and the person who shot the photo should have the right to do what they think is ethical or unethical because something like that is always just going to be your opinion.
I believe that a photo can really capture the truth, but its up to you to actually show the truth in your photos.

PHoTo MaNiPuLaTioN!!

While searching for a picture to put on the cover of their new student applications, UW-Madison came across one they seemed to really like. There was just the small fact that the picture did not have any minorities in it, and didnt give the thought or idea that they were trying to get across. The picture was all whites and they wanted some diversity on their cover seeing as how minorities were more than 9% of their students. They decided to crop the picture and insert a black students face in the picture. The applications were made and sent out. When it was found out what they had done, they were very embarassed and agreed that what they had done was unethical and wrong. They said that the photo was only manipulated because they has such a short notice and not much time to get the photo published. However, it has been promised that another application will be sent out with a different, unedited picture shortly.

I think that what they did was wrong. The fact that they only did it so that it would look like their school had minorities involoved only made it worse. They should have just left the photo alone, it was fine like it was, because any normal person isn't going to look at that photo and be like...oh my gosh there's no minorities in this photo...unless it was pointed out by someone. But I personally don't think people do that.

FuNNY CaPTioNS!!

The city of Austin has been ordered to release

all monkeys from work because of disruptions

in society and confusion on the streets. Although it has been said that they have the same intelligence as humans, they will no longer be allowed to work along side us in the work force because of one's latest mistake. "sotp" has caused many complications in our society and has resulted

in sad consequences.

Oscar the cat suits up in his

army gear as he prepares to

battle fluffy the miniature poodle.

This fight resulted after a verbal

confrontation that took place in the

park earlier that week.

After throwing a hissy fit

at her former hair salon,
Ms. Piggy states that she

will never go to Susie's

Sassy Hair Salon ever
again after what they have
done to her gorgeous pink
hair. She pressed charges
later that day for the
damage they did and the
emotional trauma they
caused.

9/11 CoMPoSiTioN!!

BALANCE

The horses facing opposite directions and overlapping in the middle makes them even on both sides. This allows the photo to be very well balanced.

AVOIDING MERGERS

This pictures shows mergers in the boy and the man. They're legs and feet are both cut out of the picture. Also the head of the lady in the righ corner is a little cut off.

RULE OF THIRDS

The offset of the still standing building to the right corner demonstrates thirds. It really compliments the photo as opposed to just being in the middle.

SIMPLICITY

The plain sky and the bland color of the clouds behind the flag really bring out the color in the flag and makes all the focus mainly on the flag. This is a simple photo because of the background that really pushes out the flag and the people holding it.

LINES

I think that this photo really forces you to look at the person sitting in the middle of this empty room. The lines of the pews and just the dull color of them really make the bandana on the person stand out leading you to them.

FRAMING

In this picture the dark broken walls of the building frame the smoke filled room and really pull your eye towards the center object of the picture which is the whole room basically falling apart.

aFTeR PRiNTiNG PoST!!

Before I made my picture, I had to clean my negatives because they had water spots. I dipped them in a photo cleaner solution and then used special photo wipes to clean the spots off.
The negatives were loaded into the enlarger on a little thing kind of like a slide and you could see the picture on the bottom.
On the side of the enlarger there is a round focuser that focuses the image. You turn it until you think its focused right. When you think it's right you have to use this magnifying glass and place it directly under the light so that it reflects into it to make sure it's perfect. You want to see little grains.
I put a strip of photo paper under the enlarger and set the timer for the lighting at different times so when I was done I had different exposures on my test strip.
I picked the exposure I thought was best and then did everything over again but on the full photo sheet and made my final picture. I ran it through the chemicals for the required times and then let it dry.

GReaT BLaCK aND WHiTe PHoToGRaPHeRS!!

GARRY WINOGRAND

JERRY UELSMANN

ANSEL ADAMS

NeGaTiVeS CRiTiQue!!

The only problem I had with my negatives was that there

were a few water spots but nothing big or major was wrong with them.

My best photo, I think, was #10. It had great focus and the lighting was good.

I also liked #7, it really filled the frame and also had pretty good focus.

aCaDeMiCS #1!!

Filling The Frame:

The frame on this picture is filled, i think, rather perfectly.

Everywhere you look something is happening,

but it's not too much either.

I think this is a really good image and it's not too little or too much.

Action And Emotion:

This picture shows both action and emotion.

The photo was taken in the middle of a pass and

so the ball is in mid-air and the boy is going in for the catch.

The look on the boys face is the emotion

because he has this look on his face

like he doesn't know if he's going to catch the ball or not.

This picture is very suspensful.

The Story:

I think this picture is a story about this girl who is kind of in

her own little world. There's all this blur around her

because so much is going on and there's so much movement,

but she never even notices.
It could also be that maybe the girl feels left out or alone in all the chaos.

CoNTeST PReVieW!!

ATPI Fall Contest 2002 Winners

I think this photo is powerful because of all the emotion

and innocence it captures.

the lighting and the shadows really bring out the little girls face.

Its just a really good picture.

PiNHoLeS!!

this picture is confusing.

i dont know if there are any people in here or whats going on.

the whole thing seems way out of focus.

i like this pinhole photo, i think its really nice.

there are no people or action in this photo.

i think the river and the ground are sharp and the trees are soft.

PHoTo CRiTiQue!!

This picture doesn't fill the frame well at all.

I don't think the focus is all that great either.

It is an action shot though.

I think this picture fills the frame really well.

It was an action shot and the focus is good.

WeLCoMe To MY BLoG!!

HeLLo!! i'M MiRaNDa!! WeLCoMe To MY BLoG!!