Fashion

1. In photoshop the editor elongated the models face by stretching her neck and thinning it out. Then they dragged down the middle section of her face to create a longer forehead, as well as dragging down her hair to make it longer and match her longer neck. Finally they made finishing touches by making her eyes larger and contouring the outer parts of her face and cheek bones.

2. In the second body evolution video the editor took a photo of a women body and started by making her appear taller by raising her shoulders, stretching out her legs, and raising her feet higher. They also made adjustments to the size of her by "erasing" part of her stomach and legs to make her appear thinner. They also added a layer of whiter coloring to make the model look all one color.

3. For this last video they took a photo of a larger woman and made her thinner in photoshop. The editor started by morphing the women and making ever section of her smaller than it was before. They then added some sharper line around the edges and rounded some sections of her body in order to make it look more realistic.  They also made her hair longer by dragging out some of the pieces that were already there. For the final touches the editor made the lighting higher to hide any weird edges or any stretch marks that were on the woman's body.

4. I understand wanting to get rid of some maybe textured surfaces or adjusting the lighting to create a more contoured look, however I don't think it's okay to completely change a person's entire appearance. I think that photoshop changes like the one's in the video's add on to the ongoing struggle of teaching women that they have to look a certain way in order to be considered beautiful. Instead of completely changing there appearance I feel that photographers should focus on capturing the natural beauty that the model already posses.

5. I believe that no matter what women is modeling it is never okay to completely change there appearance. However I think that manipulating a women's appearance in a photo that is advertising loving yourself, or embracing a beautiful part of yourself is very hypocritical and could be considered "more wrong" than in another campaign.

6. I think it is okay to change some weird textures or lighting that may have been created while in the photoshoot process. If there is a small change that the model maybe prefers to make, like say a weird breakout, I think that in that situation it would be okay to fix in photoshop.

7. Photojournalism is more focused on the art and communication of news or stories through photography, whereas fashion photography is more focused on advertising or displaying a piece of clothing. Fashion photographers are more focused on making the model so beautiful that it enhances whatever it is that they're wearing.

8. Photojournalism is way more focused on capturing reality as how it is. Fashion photography likes to morph reality, and make reality seem better than it really is. Due to this idea of making reality better I feel that fashion photography is way more likely to get crazy with the photoshop changes and model transformations.

9. Obviously one of the main reasons you are showing us these videos is because we are getting into our portraits unit. On top of that I think this kind of shows us not to get too crazy with focusing on how perfect our models look in our photographs. After watching all of these videos people are shocked that some photographers would go so far in editing the way that a model looks. It snaps us back into reality that you don't have to go crazy with focusing on making our models look a certain way and instead focus on the story that wants to be told about our models.

10. To be honest I'm not really sure why any of these videos aren't about men. I could definitely go on to argue that women are held to a higher standard and have a more unrealistic expectation of being beautiful, but I'm pretty sure that photos of men probably get photoshopped all the time as well. But I do understand that women are much more focused on making every aspects of themselves look beautiful, even if that means completely changing the way that they look.