Photoshop on Models

Video 1
In the video I watched, there were quite a few changes made to the model. For one, her neck was made taller. Also, the model's eyes were made considerably bigger and enhanced to look more blue. Her hair was touched up a bit, and her shoulder blades were made smaller, so the neck would look delicate.

Video 2
The model's eyes were made bigger, and her neck taller. She was also made skinnier, and her legs longer. The skin was made a lighter shade and the nose was made smaller. Her shoulder blades were made sharper and the feet were changed to a smaller size.

Video 3
The butt, first of all was made smaller, as well as the legs. Her body was shrunk, and the breasts are enlarged. The model's hair was made bigger and longer, and her face was smaller. The skin tone was also altered a bit.

Answered Questions
It is not ethically moral to change people's appearances. It's only making their self images worse, so they'll try harder to be beautiful. I think every circumstance is wrong to do that. Not anything could change that. Only maybe in nature could a little twinging not hurt it too much. Fashion photography is only focusing on one specific subject. Photojournalism can focus on a wide range of subject, including fashion. Fashion is making reality standards high, and therefore almost impossible to reach, making people feel bad about themselves. Photojournalism can be a wider subject range and doesn't involve too much photoshop, not affecting the reality too much.
My teacher probably made me do this since we're doing self portraits and portraits in class. We don't want to photoshop faces too much, otherwise it'll look too fake.
None of the fashion photographers photoshop guys, probably because of the fact that they aren't that self dubious of themselves and already think they look 'good'.

Prompt Shoot

Electric 

 Purple

Cold

Magazines part II

Early Magazine Covers
Each of the earlier magazine covers featured a small illustration placed in the center, below the title and above the author's name. The illustration was mainly for decoration purposes, not relating to the subject of the article. As the magazine moved into the Victorian era, so did the design. Covers began to be covered in leafy designs and fancy lettering. As the Victorian era ended, the age of the modern magazine began.

Poster Covers
The poster cover generally did not speak the theme of the magazine. Neither did the illustration, most of the time. Eventually, covering lines began to make their way onto the covers.  But mostly, the poster covers consisted of one topic line, and the larger picture.

Posters Married to Type
Near the 1900s, covering lines began to make their way onto the magazine. Later, pictures actually relating to the topic they were covering made it onto the covers as well. Then, people who were the subjects came onto the scenes to model for the pictures. Some magazines, feeling the need  for urgency, underlined the 'most important' subjects. Eventually, most of the magazine's pictures were covered in the topics of the subjects or other related things.

In the Forest of Words
Some cover lines were larger than the title itself. Those that were, competed with the actual name of the title itself. Now, the images are no longer in the foreground. They are now behind the cover lines and title. The celebrities that are on the covers, are now symbols for power and influences.

My Favorite Cover

Favorite

"The magnetic image of a young movie star glancing over his shoulder did not need any embellishment. A muted color scheme and opaque logo was designed to showcase the ’50s-inspired photo.

I didn't like this picture just because of the celebrity. I liked it because of the muted colors. They really brought the reader's attention to his face, the only thing that wasn't technically muted. The caption as well, is definitely shouting at the viewer to look at this magazine. As the caption above describes, there is also a 50s sort of vibe to the picture, muted colors, the type of jacket he is wearing, the hairstyle, all of it is screaming 50s. Plus anyone could notice the toothpick behind his ear. He looks really rugged, tough, just like a 'greaser' should. The photographer chose right when they decided to do a fifties theme.

Best Cover

 http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contest/past-winners-finalists/2014-winners-finalists

1 Formal
2 Informal
3 Environmental
4 Environmental
5 Environmental
6 Informal
7 Informal
8 Formal
9 Formal
10 Informal
11 Formal
12 Formal
13 Environmental
14 Formal
15 Formal
16 Formal
17 Formal

Magazine Tips

I should be thinking about five things when I design my magazine cover:

1. It's appealing to everyone.
2. A creative yet simple design
3. Worth my time
4. Interesting
5. Efficiency

These are the things that come into my mind when I'll create my magazine cover. I hope that I can remember them when I do.

American Soldier/Captions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?
I think the last image because, it shows the happiness of the pair to get married.
B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #??
Photos 1-6
Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #?? to image #??
Photos 10-29
Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #?? to image #??
Photos 50-76
Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#?? to image #??
Photos 76-82
Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?
76 through 82 were, to me, the most powerful, because Ian and his family are crying with emotion, and that really helps to tug the viewer's too
C. How do the images work together to tell a story?
Chronologically, they can help the viewers see the subject's development and growth in body, and mind. 

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
Present Tense
B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
They help to explain the story and to help the readers/viewers understand what is going on in the photo
4. Now it's your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.

'Bob Jones' is practicing his position. After enlisting in the army, he was still a little shaky.

A fellow bunkmate plays a prank on 'Jimmy'. The stress of the army caused others to catch catnaps, which made others play pranks.

Returning home after training, Ian embraces his dad. The army life had shifted him off balance for a while, but now he'd gotten used to it.