Dove Commercial Video:
1. Some changes that were made to her face was her lips were made bigger. Her eyes were enlarged and lots of makeup. Also they made her face narrower and lowered her eyes and eyebrows. Her hair was done and also they made her neck longer.
Second Video:
1. Some changes that they made to her body was they made her skinnier. They made her legs longer and her belly flat. They also made her shoulders taller, and her arms longer. They also made her tan and glossy looking, and smooth with no blemishes.
Third Video:
3. List the changes that were made to the model in the computer. (Look carefully)
-Some changes were that it made the large lady very thin and have appealing looks, like her butt which was huge made it smaller and relative to her new thin body. Her hair was made longer, and her legs were thinned out. Also her boobs were made smaller and her waist was made very skinny. Also, her arms were originally large and bulky and made into thin arms.
4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?
-Ethically it is not acceptable to change a person's appearance. Somehow we all agree that it is unethical but we still encourage it to be done. It isn't ethical because by showing people the photoshopped bodies of people we are lying to them by how they really look. People are made the way they are and changing our appearance is lying to the world by who you really are. Changing our appearance to be accepted by other people and society will not make you feel any better about yourself because you know that isn't who you really are. Who are we trying to please? We definitely aren't pleasing ourselves.
5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
-Some circumstances like trying to sell clothes and having models show the clothes is false advertising because the models in magazines are photoshopped and probably the clothes they are wearing won't fit women in every day homes. Its made to look good to sell, just like makeup is photoshopped on pictures that are seen on tv and on advertisements in the mall. It looks amazing on the models but in reality it won't look like that. It makes girls think poorly of themselves since they can't ever look like that.
6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
-Changes like hair color or something not drastic. Changing completely how the person looks isn't ok.
7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
-The difference between these two is that fashion photography is false advertisement, it changes how the person looks and isn't truly how they are in reality. Photojournalism is no photoshopping, its real and nothing is changed just to get approved by the audience.
8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
-Each type of photography shows different ways of the way reality is or how it should be perceived. Photography can be very powerful, and any photographer can make pretty much anything seem real based on what they shoot and photoshop. People already have low self esteem and having false idols and false standards they will just feel worse, this is clearly not ethical.
9. As we get close to working in Photoshop, why do you think I am showing you these three videos?
-To show us that photoshop isn't important and that its unethical to make strong changes to any photo. Small changes can be made but nothing completely different.
10. Why are none of these videos about guys???
-Because I guess women are more self conscious than men. I'm not saying men aren't, just that women feel the strong urge to feel accepted, to be pretty to get attention.
1. Some changes that were made to her face was her lips were made bigger. Her eyes were enlarged and lots of makeup. Also they made her face narrower and lowered her eyes and eyebrows. Her hair was done and also they made her neck longer.
Second Video:
1. Some changes that they made to her body was they made her skinnier. They made her legs longer and her belly flat. They also made her shoulders taller, and her arms longer. They also made her tan and glossy looking, and smooth with no blemishes.
Third Video:
3. List the changes that were made to the model in the computer. (Look carefully)
-Some changes were that it made the large lady very thin and have appealing looks, like her butt which was huge made it smaller and relative to her new thin body. Her hair was made longer, and her legs were thinned out. Also her boobs were made smaller and her waist was made very skinny. Also, her arms were originally large and bulky and made into thin arms.
4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?
-Ethically it is not acceptable to change a person's appearance. Somehow we all agree that it is unethical but we still encourage it to be done. It isn't ethical because by showing people the photoshopped bodies of people we are lying to them by how they really look. People are made the way they are and changing our appearance is lying to the world by who you really are. Changing our appearance to be accepted by other people and society will not make you feel any better about yourself because you know that isn't who you really are. Who are we trying to please? We definitely aren't pleasing ourselves.
5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
-Some circumstances like trying to sell clothes and having models show the clothes is false advertising because the models in magazines are photoshopped and probably the clothes they are wearing won't fit women in every day homes. Its made to look good to sell, just like makeup is photoshopped on pictures that are seen on tv and on advertisements in the mall. It looks amazing on the models but in reality it won't look like that. It makes girls think poorly of themselves since they can't ever look like that.
6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
-Changes like hair color or something not drastic. Changing completely how the person looks isn't ok.
7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
-The difference between these two is that fashion photography is false advertisement, it changes how the person looks and isn't truly how they are in reality. Photojournalism is no photoshopping, its real and nothing is changed just to get approved by the audience.
8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
-Each type of photography shows different ways of the way reality is or how it should be perceived. Photography can be very powerful, and any photographer can make pretty much anything seem real based on what they shoot and photoshop. People already have low self esteem and having false idols and false standards they will just feel worse, this is clearly not ethical.
9. As we get close to working in Photoshop, why do you think I am showing you these three videos?
-To show us that photoshop isn't important and that its unethical to make strong changes to any photo. Small changes can be made but nothing completely different.
10. Why are none of these videos about guys???
-Because I guess women are more self conscious than men. I'm not saying men aren't, just that women feel the strong urge to feel accepted, to be pretty to get attention.
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