My Own Picture that Lies

I chose to alter this picture in order to make a social statement about how parents need to protect their daughters from sexual abuse. The original picture, which is on the bottom, originated from a website that raises money to help orphans and needy children. I manipulated the picture with the use of the clone stamp to remove her hand and to gray and blur the background. I also adjusted the saturation and flipped the picture horizontally in order to fix the child's eyes on the viewer. I manipulated it the way I did in order to invoke a more emotional response. The less saturated colors and gray background make the girl in the picture appear more in need. I also added text to provoke emotional action from parents or guardians. This manipulation is still harmful even though the purpose behind altering the image is for a good cause. This picture can cause viewers to feel sad about the abuse of children. Altering images for public statements is wrong because it can cause unnecessary and exaggerated responses from others.

Original Website: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.budimas.org.my/image/littleGirlYelloLeft.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.budimas.org.my/&usg=__t-Iw1QF0lq8D-PXOSG3MC6FPsjQ=&h=300&w=311&sz=18&hl=en&start=251&um=1&tbnid=HYia6w0CEUGaIM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlittle%2Bgirl%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D231%26um%3D1

False Images

After looking at the "Brief History of Photo Fakery" website and reading the article in the "Chronicle of Higher Education", I think that altering photos that are to be used in mass media or academic contexts is wrong. Altering photos that the general public will see is not good because the image will deceive them. They will not know that the photo had been altered and it might cause them to think differently of the situation that the picture is representing. Deceiving the public is wrong. As Ms. Miller in the article said, "Beautification is not necessary. If your data is solid, it shines through." Even altering an image to make it clearer is not a good thing. If your data is legitimate, other researchers will be able to see that. I love how they have software's that can identify if an image has been tampered with.

My Favorite PowerPoint Presentations

I loved seeing Lizzy Lyon's presentation on optometry. I loved her graphics and design of the presentation. She used images of her own eyes, which I thought added a very nice personal aspect to this otherwise professional presentation. I could clearly see that she was passionate about this field of study. She explained terms and specific things within this scientific field well and I loved that I could follow her presentation even though I am not an expert in this field. She did a fantastic job.

I also loved Baylie Bunn's presentation. I was so impressed with the unique and creative background and graphics that she used. Her presentation was very informative and she explained her topic and ideas related to it well. She layered slides beautifully as well. I also loved getting the see her passion for this subject, which added a nice personal touch to her professional presentation.