Is what we see today an honest image or a manipulated and edited picture to please or sell.

Today it is only two easy to change an image, whether this is in-camera or in the edit. Both ascetically or destructively removing parts of the picture, enhancing the image, changing the image like in project 5.  This is going on all the time, changing the picture to benefit the photographer or the industry they work for. Telling tales of people or hiding the truth. Or finding detail in digital images that may lead to convictions in a court of law. Digital files can hold information that’s not always commonly known. Shadow detail to the metadata within the digital file.

Two sides to every story, even early darkroom edits and the likes of Ansel Adams work in Yosemite Park dodging and burning in the darkroom to how he wanted the final image to be. That’s editing an image but ultimately it’s being changed. It’s not straight out of the camera (SOOC). It’s onto a plate. Add your chemicals and darkroom process and you have a photograph.

Today’s modern smartphone has numerous apps and gadget where photos can be manipulated, edited processed on the move. Add comical faces, music or even tag individuals into the picture with the apps like Instagram and Snapchat.

I’m with the modern-day digital age when it comes to social media apps etc. My Fujifilm cameras can wifi my selected JPEGs straight to my smartphone, where I can edit and post within minutes of taking the picture.

What actually is a truthful picture today. I’m not sure there is?

Things I tend to look for prior to taking an image are:

• Lines
• Light
• Shadows
• Subject