Amy's Photojournalism Blog

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Blog #1: Make sure that your cover is appealing, so add colors to it. Be creative! Avoid a weak cover by not messing to much with it. Decide what element is worthy of being dominant and enlarge, isolate, etc. Never trim a print-out Gather copies of what your targets might be reading, and your competition too.

One tip, when taking portraits and self portraits is to play with the settings. If you do this, you may be surprised on the quality of pictures you get. Change the settings when you can, because you want to create diverse pictures. Another tip is to get closer when the picture isn't good enough. Try different angles, not just one angle, because that is just boring. If you try different angles you will most likely get better pictures. The last tip is to get your subject out of their comfort zone. If you do this, they will get more comfortable and be unique with their poses. I think that if you do these 3 tips, you photos will be great. I really liked the background and the angle the photographer took the picture in. I chose this picture, because I think that the environment the man is in gives the viewer background information on what he does. I really liked this picture, because I like how the photgrapher captured the man's face and made it look like the basket is wrappe

Video 1: They widened her neck, made her eyes bigger, and they made her skin look smooth and perfect. They also added counter to her cheekbones and made her upper body look thinner the it actually was. Video 2: They changed her skin color, they widened her eyes, they also made her legs longer. They also made her neck seem longer and the smoother her skin out, making her look like plastic. Video 3: In this video the photoshopped a piece of pizza into a model. They changed the pepperoni into a bikini and they changed the color and shape of the pizza so it could match a humans skin color and shape. 4. In my opinion, it is completely unacceptable to change a person's appearance like the ones in the video. I think it is not ethical, because when they alter there appearance there are saying that they think you are not pretty or good enough. 5. I don't think there are any circumstances that could make it more unethical. I think doing it is unacceptable no matter the circumstan