This chapter is a history lesson in the ways digital imaging has grown and been used in the past. From NASA taking pictures of planets billions of miles away to scientist taking x-rays, to the military strapping a camera to a plane for use of recconnisance. I liked the history of how cameras and images have been used over time. I personally find it amazing that NASA has been sending satalites out to take beautiful images for over 30 years of far off planets we as humans may never see in real life.
one quote i liked was in responce to the way the military could use images and infered cameras to see ememys at night.. "Slaughter became a video game, and Death became art"
I also like the quote from a photographer, under the NEWs became digital "we cannot use the technology to create lies, no matter how tempted and easy" this was funny to me becasue thats how a lot fo magazines and news papers and journalist make a living is by manipulating images and lieing about people and events. Its RIDICULOUS.
The use of any kind of digital "clean-up" or manipulation immediately renders all visual media suspect and if proven; false. Why do we feel the need to provide a "better than life" interpretation of events. Photographers were imprisoned for showing coffins coming back from Iraq, because our boys don't die over there, I guess. And when they were finally shown, they were digitally manipulated to show much less than there actually were. I swear, reading about the way the media, even National Geographic, can play with a distorted reality and still claim our best interests at heart pisses me off. Have we become such sad sacks of crap that we as "Great!!!" Americans can no longer tolerate the harsh whip marks of reality? Maybe this is how we can pay $6.00 dollars for a cup of coffee, $300.00 dollars for a new cell phone and than walk over the homeless guy in the street or ignore the fact that people are still freezing to death in the winter time because they can't afford heat.
Well screw us and our need to justify ham-handed magicians photos or the need to preserve our moral integrity. If the image is blurry or shows the decapitation of the Iraqis at the hands of American soldiers, than by all means 'fix' it. We can't go besmirching the name of the Fatherland.
Being a photographer and ion advertising I found it interesting that in the late 80's over 10% of photographs had been altered. It's funny how there are so many rules and regulations concerning advertising and photo-manipulation. It's really amazing that only 2 years ago few people were successfully manually manipulating photos and now a 12 year old can use photoshop to smoothly place his head on a T-Rex. For that, it really makes me cautious while viewing photos.
As for history, wow. We used to use floppy drives! lol. I especially thought they hit it spot on when they talked about how digital photos don't waste any energy (except battery power) and are easily stored on a computer. In other words, let the passionate photographers use the dark rooms :)
Chapter 2 was all about the evolution of digital imaging and how it is used in today's society. The chapter demonstrated that digital imaging was apart of NASA and was very important in their space research. Digital images were able to explore the unknown and go where no human has gone before and help reduce the risk of sending astronauts out into an undiscovered place where something could go wrong. Furthermore, the chapter goes on and talks about photo manipulation and how taking digital photos becoming popular.
I find it strange how much photography has been manipulated over the years. The first part of this chapter talked about how pictures are taken in space and how real and close up the exposures can actually be. But with all the different manipulations of digital imaging, how can we really know that truth anymore? What is the point in taking a picture if it is going to be changed a million times into something that is completely outrageous and believable? I found this quote in the chapter that I think represents what is being portrayed by our world of digital enhancement. The London Guardian said how they felt about a mishap about a flag showing wind, when it wasn’t even windy on that day. They explained this situation as, “Computers make a clean breast?” How can computers change something into false reality? This isn’t even the worst part. Magazines and the media are excepting of this. How can it be right? Take national geographic for example. They are known for taking the most amazing and breath taking photographs from around the world. But wait. How do we know this for sure? We are set up to believe that these images are perfect and are reality. However, our technological world today is so incredibly advanced, and becoming that much more corrupt that I don’t even know what to believe. Newspapers have said that they will try to make the public more aware of what is real versus the distorted and manipulated pictures. This will help bring back more credible sources that are actually responsible for manipulating what is seen through the public eye.
Although I fully admit to "cleaning up" my own face using photoshop, I find it strange that I honestly find non-altered photos more interesting. Polaroids straight out of the camera for example, have a blurry, real, raw way about them. I'm so glad that I was a generation that grew up depending on imagery. Fake or not, I love it. I do admit that erasing factual detail out of a news photo is wrong, but photo illustrations can also be impacting, just make it clear that is what they are. I found it strange that they were altering photo's in the 80's. I never really gave much thought to photo manipulation outside of programs like photoshop. And I also enjoy seeing pictures of and from space. So NASA can just keep on doing whatever they are doing.
The one quote that immediately jumped out at me after reading was "Slaughter became a video game: death imitated art". It sounds overly dramatic, but it hits a very important point, that digital images are so easy to manipulate that it is hard to see either life or reality in them. Any idiot with a computer can create realistic images from photo fragments.
Of course, it is also interesting that like many technologies, the first place digital images were used was for military applications.
Chapter #2 was very intruiging and covered the history, changes, and different techniques implemennted in digital imaging over the years. Although I thought digital imaging was relatively new, it has actualy been utilized since the 80's by the Military and NASA. I find it hard to believe just how many images are being enhanced these days. Theres nothing wrong with enhancing photo ads or things that are obviousy supposed to be altered. What's upsetting is when different photos are chopped and put together and labled as a genuine scenarios. It takes away from the raw essence and character of an actual untampered photo. It makes you think just how many photos are enhanced without the viewer even knowing.
This chapter was about how digital imaging had grown. It started out with NASA scientists were using digital image-processing techniques to remove imperfections from images of the lunar surface, then in the 80's it was used by the media to get a clear and detailed picture. then it was becoming more popular more companies started to produce different "image-capture devices." Then as computers started to become more affordable and more people had them and they had more memory room, it allowed still pictures to be saved and put onto CD's for safer keeping. This chapter showed that digital imaging has changed along with the technology of the time.
The thought of digitally manipulating photos is a tough subject to think about because there are two very different sides with negative and positive impacts. Its upsetting to think that so many images we see today of people, nature, or what not can all be fake or distorted because we like to believe what we see. Yet its also amazing because we can change photos for the better, as in personal portraits, and to create unimaginable images. Its amazing to know that images have been manipulated since the 80's and have been used in very impactful ways such as with NASA or the military. Its hard to say whether this is labeled as lying or whether its a new way of being artistic and creative. I think the answer will always be in the purpose of the image, whether its for publishing or for someone's personal life.
Chapter 2 of the Reconfigured eye. It was almost like here is what happened in the past. The book was published around 1992 to 1994. I did not realize that there were cd photos in the early 90s. Most of the information I would want to ask my 10724688 grandparents if they remember when the pictures of the moon.
It was also interesting, that in 1991 people in the industry wanted it to be marked that the picture has been tampered. It would be interesting if the the 1991 Act on Film was passed. I also was interested in the fact that it said that people now total images as not completely real. I believe that I did not start thinking that until I saw it in examples.
When I read this chapter, what struck me the most was how they described the 'digital manipulation of photographs' as "blurring" 'the boundary between two types of depiction'. This is a more intricate way of saying how these types of digitized manipulation simply, say, produce fake images. The author mentions before this statement that this sort of blurring of boundaries is very characteristic of our age. When those four words were processed through my mind, I immediately went to thinking: how will future generations look back at our society? What will we be most known for: our creative ingenuities or our greatest mistakes?
The trend of bigger mechanical creations for large businesses turning into smaller convenient versions for wide-spread use at home is also something that has yet to stop occurring. Examples in the text include the 'hugely expensive' analog laser scanners as well as the 'credit-card-sized magnetic memory cards' for storing pictures. Hah, credit card size. That's obviously not small and convenient enough for our society. It's when we start making it smaller than the eye of a needle that we'll need to start worrying. Imagine losing seven trillion bits of data just because your memory card is so small that you need a magnifying glass to see it. Even the whole military stealing the technology for their own purposes (which, in the end, gives monetary backing to it and advances it greatly) does not surprise me; that is the way they advanced so fast in aviation after all, so why not digitally spying on our 'enemies' as well? 11033117
This chapter is about the evolution of digital imaging and how most photography is now manipulated with photoshop and other programs. As a amateur photographer, I found it interesting that most people feel the need to manipulate their photographs digitally. After developing my first couple roles of film, I have found a new appreciation for what can come from an un-manipulated photograph. Though I enjoy and appreciate the art of photographic manipulation, I almost find it more strategic and challenging to print a photograph straight from manual camera. It leaves much interpretation into how skilled the photographer may be and how well they understand what they are really doing.
This was another historical and very interesting chapter. As our technologies broadened, so too did their uses, both from scientific, artistic and social standpoints. Scientifically we became able to take beautiful pictures of the stars, the stars from a vantage point impossible with the human eye. It also became hugely helpful in the Medical field when depicting human anatomy. Furthermore, it allowed for the horrors of war to become a startling reality for those at home. Subsequently though, and still in practice today, these images can be manipulated to do the opposite and to mask the realities of war and provide more candy-coated propaganda to feed American's. I too was struck by the quote "Slaughter became a video game: Death imitated Art." It was increasingly clear as the chapter unfurled that digital technology is both a way of illustrating detailed and pure truth as well as slanderous and manipulated lies. It can provide highly scientific images as well as very abstract Art. Good or bad, however, what's clear about Digital Imaging is its diversity, both in purpose and practice.
Personally, I find it amazing that we have come so far in the last 30 years. Coming from huge cameras worth millions to hand held versions of the same thing for only hundreds of dollars. It will be interesting to see what new technologies will be developed in our life times.
The development of photo editing software in the last 20 or so years has raised a significant problem. No longer is the old adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" true. photo editing software has allowed individuals to change or alter a medium that used to show only the facts. That being said I feel that the development of this software is also beneficial because it allows us to push the boundaries of a traditional art form and even create some thing new.
This chapter was about how digital imaging has evolved in function from time to time up until this moment. It explained how it was originally used to assist humans such as in military and space exploration and has become a form of art itself, that can be differentiate from other type of art such as painting or sculpture. This evolution has changed a simple photography from a radar scan camera without lens into a digital camera that the image itself can be manipulated into a whole different image with the help of digital imaging as part of the process.
This chapter was about how digital imaging has evolved in function from time to time up until this moment. It explained how it was originally used to assist humans such as in military and space exploration and has become a form of art itself, that can be differentiate from other type of art such as painting or sculpture. This evolution has changed a simple photography from a radar scan camera without lens into a digital camera that the image itself can be manipulated into a whole different image with the help of digital imaging as part of the process.
I liked this article. The most interesting part of the article to me was about authenticity of an image. It is important to think about how digital imaging has changed things. While digital photographs are very wide spread it is important to keep a place for regular photographs. A picture can be a place in space was well as a space in time. Pictures capture moments and we can see them as reminders of the past.When digital images are altered they can seem to be a true memory but not be. I think that both types of capture are important and we need to keep them both in their place.
I liked how the chapter gave background information on the development of digital photography and manipulation, as well as the implications it caused it the Fine Arts and Journalism fields. It's interesting to learn that digital imaging went through so many different practical applications before becoming available to the mass public. The same technology we use for touching up senior pictures, is used for military reconnaissance.
On another note, I understand the negative feelings groups of people have towards the manipulation of digital photography. For someone who has spent years mastering the craft, it must be frustrating to see digital photographers take shortcuts and utilize technology to expedite their art. Who is more authentic: the film photographer who spends more time doing everything from scratch, or the digital photographer who takes advantage of the latest and most convenient technology?
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This chapter is a history lesson in the ways digital imaging has grown and been used in the past. From NASA taking pictures of planets billions of miles away to scientist taking x-rays, to the military strapping a camera to a plane for use of recconnisance. I liked the history of how cameras and images have been used over time.
I personally find it amazing that NASA has been sending satalites out to take beautiful images for over 30 years of far off planets we as humans may never see in real life.
one quote i liked was in responce to the way the military could use images and infered cameras to see ememys at night.. "Slaughter became a video game, and Death became art"
I also like the quote from a photographer, under the NEWs became digital "we cannot use the technology to create lies, no matter how tempted and easy" this was funny to me becasue thats how a lot fo magazines and news papers and journalist make a living is by manipulating images and lieing about people and events. Its RIDICULOUS.
The use of any kind of digital "clean-up" or manipulation immediately renders all visual media suspect and if proven; false. Why do we feel the need to provide a "better than life" interpretation of events. Photographers were imprisoned for showing coffins coming back from Iraq, because our boys don't die over there, I guess. And when they were finally shown, they were digitally manipulated to show much less than there actually were. I swear, reading about the way the media, even National Geographic, can play with a distorted reality and still claim our best interests at heart pisses me off. Have we become such sad sacks of crap that we as "Great!!!" Americans can no longer tolerate the harsh whip marks of reality? Maybe this is how we can pay $6.00 dollars for a cup of coffee, $300.00 dollars for a new cell phone and than walk over the homeless guy in the street or ignore the fact that people are still freezing to death in the winter time because they can't afford heat.
Well screw us and our need to justify ham-handed magicians photos or the need to preserve our moral integrity. If the image is blurry or shows the decapitation of the Iraqis at the hands of American soldiers, than by all means 'fix' it. We can't go besmirching the name of the Fatherland.
Being a photographer and ion advertising I found it interesting that in the late 80's over 10% of photographs had been altered. It's funny how there are so many rules and regulations concerning advertising and photo-manipulation. It's really amazing that only 2 years ago few people were successfully manually manipulating photos and now a 12 year old can use photoshop to smoothly place his head on a T-Rex. For that, it really makes me cautious while viewing photos.
As for history, wow. We used to use floppy drives! lol. I especially thought they hit it spot on when they talked about how digital photos don't waste any energy (except battery power) and are easily stored on a computer. In other words, let the passionate photographers use the dark rooms :)
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Chapter 2 was all about the evolution of digital imaging and how it is used in today's society. The chapter demonstrated that digital imaging was apart of NASA and was very important in their space research. Digital images were able to explore the unknown and go where no human has gone before and help reduce the risk of sending astronauts out into an undiscovered place where something could go wrong. Furthermore, the chapter goes on and talks about photo manipulation and how taking digital photos becoming popular.
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I find it strange how much photography has been manipulated over the years. The first part of this chapter talked about how pictures are taken in space and how real and close up the exposures can actually be. But with all the different manipulations of digital imaging, how can we really know that truth anymore? What is the point in taking a picture if it is going to be changed a million times into something that is completely outrageous and believable? I found this quote in the chapter that I think represents what is being portrayed by our world of digital enhancement. The London Guardian said how they felt about a mishap about a flag showing wind, when it wasn’t even windy on that day. They explained this situation as, “Computers make a clean breast?” How can computers change something into false reality? This isn’t even the worst part. Magazines and the media are excepting of this. How can it be right? Take national geographic for example. They are known for taking the most amazing and breath taking photographs from around the world. But wait. How do we know this for sure? We are set up to believe that these images are perfect and are reality. However, our technological world today is so incredibly advanced, and becoming that much more corrupt that I don’t even know what to believe. Newspapers have said that they will try to make the public more aware of what is real versus the distorted and manipulated pictures. This will help bring back more credible sources that are actually responsible for manipulating what is seen through the public eye.
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Although I fully admit to "cleaning up" my own face using photoshop, I find it strange that I honestly find non-altered photos more interesting.
Polaroids straight out of the camera for example, have a blurry, real, raw way about them.
I'm so glad that I was a generation that grew up depending on imagery. Fake or not, I love it.
I do admit that erasing factual detail out of a news photo is wrong, but photo illustrations can also be impacting, just make it clear that is what they are.
I found it strange that they were altering photo's in the 80's. I never really gave much thought to photo manipulation outside of programs like photoshop.
And I also enjoy seeing pictures of and from space. So NASA can just keep on doing whatever they are doing.
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The one quote that immediately jumped out at me after reading was "Slaughter became a video game: death imitated art". It sounds overly dramatic, but it hits a very important point, that digital images are so easy to manipulate that it is hard to see either life or reality in them. Any idiot with a computer can create realistic images from photo fragments.
Of course, it is also interesting that like many technologies, the first place digital images were used was for military applications.
10849437
Chapter #2 was very intruiging and covered the history, changes, and different techniques implemennted in digital imaging over the years. Although I thought digital imaging was relatively new, it has actualy been utilized since the 80's by the Military and NASA. I find it hard to believe just how many images are being enhanced these days. Theres nothing wrong with enhancing photo ads or things that are obviousy supposed to be altered. What's upsetting is when different photos are chopped and put together and labled as a genuine scenarios. It takes away from the raw essence and character of an actual untampered photo. It makes you think just how many photos are enhanced without the viewer even knowing.
This chapter was about how digital imaging had grown. It started out with NASA scientists were using digital image-processing techniques to remove imperfections from images of the lunar surface, then in the 80's it was used by the media to get a clear and detailed picture. then it was becoming more popular more companies started to produce different "image-capture devices." Then as computers started to become more affordable and more people had them and they had more memory room, it allowed still pictures to be saved and put onto CD's for safer keeping. This chapter showed that digital imaging has changed along with the technology of the time.
10837339
The thought of digitally manipulating photos is a tough subject to think about because there are two very different sides with negative and positive impacts. Its upsetting to think that so many images we see today of people, nature, or what not can all be fake or distorted because we like to believe what we see. Yet its also amazing because we can change photos for the better, as in personal portraits, and to create unimaginable images. Its amazing to know that images have been manipulated since the 80's and have been used in very impactful ways such as with NASA or the military. Its hard to say whether this is labeled as lying or whether its a new way of being artistic and creative. I think the answer will always be in the purpose of the image, whether its for publishing or for someone's personal life.
Chapter 2 of the Reconfigured eye. It was almost like here is what happened in the past. The book was published around 1992 to 1994. I did not realize that there were cd photos in the early 90s. Most of the information I would want to ask my 10724688 grandparents if they remember when the pictures of the moon.
It was also interesting, that in 1991 people in the industry wanted it to be marked that the picture has been tampered. It would be interesting if the the 1991 Act on Film was passed. I also was interested in the fact that it said that people now total images as not completely real. I believe that I did not start thinking that until I saw it in examples.
When I read this chapter, what struck me the most was how they described the 'digital manipulation of photographs' as "blurring" 'the boundary between two types of depiction'. This is a more intricate way of saying how these types of digitized manipulation simply, say, produce fake images. The author mentions before this statement that this sort of blurring of boundaries is very characteristic of our age. When those four words were processed through my mind, I immediately went to thinking: how will future generations look back at our society? What will we be most known for: our creative ingenuities or our greatest mistakes?
The trend of bigger mechanical creations for large businesses turning into smaller convenient versions for wide-spread use at home is also something that has yet to stop occurring. Examples in the text include the 'hugely expensive' analog laser scanners as well as the 'credit-card-sized magnetic memory cards' for storing pictures. Hah, credit card size. That's obviously not small and convenient enough for our society. It's when we start making it smaller than the eye of a needle that we'll need to start worrying. Imagine losing seven trillion bits of data just because your memory card is so small that you need a magnifying glass to see it. Even the whole military stealing the technology for their own purposes (which, in the end, gives monetary backing to it and advances it greatly) does not surprise me; that is the way they advanced so fast in aviation after all, so why not digitally spying on our 'enemies' as well? 11033117
This chapter is about the evolution of digital imaging and how most photography is now manipulated with photoshop and other programs. As a amateur photographer, I found it interesting that most people feel the need to manipulate their photographs digitally. After developing my first couple roles of film, I have found a new appreciation for what can come from an un-manipulated photograph. Though I enjoy and appreciate the art of photographic manipulation, I almost find it more strategic and challenging to print a photograph straight from manual camera. It leaves much interpretation into how skilled the photographer may be and how well they understand what they are really doing.
This was another historical and very interesting chapter. As our technologies broadened, so too did their uses, both from scientific, artistic and social standpoints. Scientifically we became able to take beautiful pictures of the stars, the stars from a vantage point impossible with the human eye. It also became hugely helpful in the Medical field when depicting human anatomy. Furthermore, it allowed for the horrors of war to become a startling reality for those at home. Subsequently though, and still in practice today, these images can be manipulated to do the opposite and to mask the realities of war and provide more candy-coated propaganda to feed American's. I too was struck by the quote "Slaughter became a video game: Death imitated Art." It was increasingly clear as the chapter unfurled that digital technology is both a way of illustrating detailed and pure truth as well as slanderous and manipulated lies. It can provide highly scientific images as well as very abstract Art. Good or bad, however, what's clear about Digital Imaging is its diversity, both in purpose and practice.
I forgot to put my ID number at the end of my entry:
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Personally, I find it amazing that we have come so far in the last 30 years. Coming from huge cameras worth millions to hand held versions of the same thing for only hundreds of dollars. It will be interesting to see what new technologies will be developed in our life times.
The development of photo editing software in the last 20 or so years has raised a significant problem. No longer is the old adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" true. photo editing software has allowed individuals to change or alter a medium that used to show only the facts. That being said I feel that the development of this software is also beneficial because it allows us to push the boundaries of a traditional art form and even create some thing new.
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This chapter was about how digital imaging has evolved in function from time to time up until this moment. It explained how it was originally used to assist humans such as in military and space exploration and has become a form of art itself, that can be differentiate from other type of art such as painting or sculpture. This evolution has changed a simple photography from a radar scan camera without lens into a digital camera that the image itself can be manipulated into a whole different image with the help of digital imaging as part of the process.
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This chapter was about how digital imaging has evolved in function from time to time up until this moment. It explained how it was originally used to assist humans such as in military and space exploration and has become a form of art itself, that can be differentiate from other type of art such as painting or sculpture. This evolution has changed a simple photography from a radar scan camera without lens into a digital camera that the image itself can be manipulated into a whole different image with the help of digital imaging as part of the process.
10940668
I liked this article. The most interesting part of the article to me was about authenticity of an image. It is important to think about how digital imaging has changed things. While digital photographs are very wide spread it is important to keep a place for regular photographs. A picture can be a place in space was well as a space in time. Pictures capture moments and we can see them as reminders of the past.When digital images are altered they can seem to be a true memory but not be. I think that both types of capture are important and we need to keep them both in their place.
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I liked how the chapter gave background information on the development of digital photography and manipulation, as well as the implications it caused it the Fine Arts and Journalism fields. It's interesting to learn that digital imaging went through so many different practical applications before becoming available to the mass public. The same technology we use for touching up senior pictures, is used for military reconnaissance.
On another note, I understand the negative feelings groups of people have towards the manipulation of digital photography. For someone who has spent years mastering the craft, it must be frustrating to see digital photographers take shortcuts and utilize technology to expedite their art. Who is more authentic: the film photographer who spends more time doing everything from scratch, or the digital photographer who takes advantage of the latest and most convenient technology?
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The 10th entry down is my blog post but i forgot to put my ID number. so sorry
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