Sunday, December 6, 2015

Fashion Photography


1.
  • The model's hair is changed and makeup is up on her face.
  • Blemishes are removed
  • The shape of lips are changed
  • Her nose is reshaped
  • bigger eyes
2. 
  • Her shoulder is heightened
  • she is made skinner by the chest and waist
  • her legs are made longer/thinner and more shapely
  • her neck is made longer
  • thinner face
  • Her hair and skin color is lightened
3. 
  • The model's body shape is made thinner to look like the ideal model. The editor removed wrinkles and other "unattractive" lines that the model's body made.
4. I do not think that it is ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance  like done in these photos. I believe that it is ok if the change is a stand of hair or redness to the face. I understand that magazine pictures have to look perfect, but body shape and skin tone should not be changed because that promotes the wrong idea. People will aim to look as perfect as the model does in the pictures, when no one can be that perfect, and will think less of themselves if they cannot achieve that body type or don't looks as pretty as the model.

5. It would be more ethically wrong to do this type of modification on a per on that doesn't consent to the changes that will be made. Also it is more unethical for a person who is against body modifications and doesn't promote perfection to consent to the change.

6. To me changes like redness of the skin, hair strands, small hayes that aren't really body changes are acceptable. It is unacceptable to length someone's body, make someone skinner or shape their body to make then more appealing, make their lips or eyes bigger and changing their skin color. If the lighting changes the skin color then it is alright, but the editor shouldn't try and make the model look lighter or tanner. Also I think that removing blemishes/oily skin is alright, but the skin shouldn't be over done (airbrushed).

7. I think that fashion photography is more about beauty and perfection. The models always look perfect and flawless in order to make people want to buy clothes and makeup like them so they too can look and feel beautiful (marketing). Photojournalism is more about capturing reality and showing it to people. The photos can be gruesome and depict real life situations that aren't pretty to look at.

8. Every photographer has their own perception of morality in photography. Each photographer's relationship with reality is different. Some photographer's reality is to show the real things on earth, while other photographer's reality has to do with what people(customers) want to see.

9. I think you are partly showing us these videos so we can learn about how advanced photoshop is and how far from reality they can make photos without making the photos seem fake. The other reason I think we are watching these videos is to understand that much of fashion photography is an illusion. The models aren't really flawless, they are just made to look a certain way using editing techniques and makeup.

10. I think that none of these videos are about men because they don't strive to be physically as perfect as women do. Women are better targets for fashion posters where other women look skinny, have perfect skin and body structure, because they will make more of an effort to buy products and clothes that supposedly will make them as beautiful as the models in the pictures. Also I think that society always tries to portray women to have to be a certain way: skinny and pretty; so that could also be why none of the videos are around men.

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