The saying photos can tell a thousand words, is with time becoming obsolete and null. The twenty fast century came with it tremendous technological advancements in many sectors and fields and the photo industry is not left out. With the digital age one would not worry about having some makeup done before a photo shoot since this can be done later? One can ask how that can be done; seawares have been developed with the ability to redefine how an image looks like. These advancements came about with the invention of the digital cameras that produce images that can be run through sophisticated software and remodeled.
The ethicality of this exercise has however been questioned. Criminals can now escape scot free after corrupting the images taken of the doing crime or, innocent civilians can be convicted by their conspirators after exposing photos where they are depicted doing criminal activities while in the real sense they did not. Photo retouch assignments for high school are given to students for debate reasons. Students are expected to come up with arguments that favor or disapprove of the notion.
Other than that, students also enroll for photography classes. These are students who aspire to become professional photographers majorly in the digital realm. Photo retouching has gained popularity as people want to look superb in the photos they take at different occasions. A disclaimer though is that these photos don’t give the real picture of the original occasion or event.
Or would simply make someone look different from who they are in reality. Photo retouching has therefore been left for the marketing field where production lines want to give the consumers the best they have, having a retouched photo alongside a product would definitely woo some people to go for the product.
