I’m proud of my pictures. And one of the things I’m most proud of is that my pictures are largely un-manipulated. Sure, I adjust the contrast and crop images here and there, but overall my pictures are straight from the camera. That is to say, I don’t use Photoshop. Or I didn’t anyway.
 
 
The least ethically questionable way to use Photoshop is to use it to fix red eyes or and remove power lines. But that’s like the samples that drug pushers hand out. You figure well ok — just this one time — but soon you’re rifling through your collection, looking for blemishes and power lines to erase. The next thing you know, you’re erasing churches.
 
Soon after that I got into “artistic” modifications, ruining perfectly good pictures just because… even though I denied it at the time, I was quickly becoming a Photoshop junkie.
 
 
 
And now, although I still cling to the hope that there’s a way out of this spiral of deceit, I’ve clearly turned my powers to evil.
I’m afraid. I’m afraid for myself, certainly, but also for all the people I’ve ever photographed.
 
OK, Adam. Now you’ve gone too far! Changing the color of those little blocks is quite unethical and unconscionable. But as for the rest of the pictures, I think they’re fine. For example, I don’t notice anything unusual in the shots of Arthur and Ben. Maybe you need to give us all a few hints.
Daddrrr
I hope Ben and Arthur make you pay for this. But thanks for sharing, we laughed and laughed at the questionable material Ben is looking at online.
I hope Ben’s boss doesn’t get wind of this web site….
I think you have the picture of Diego and Carly switched… Her pants usually look like that, esp. when she’s been out on the slab working with chalk…
Ellen is adorable with or without snot!