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Should an artist/photographer admit to a photo being edited?
I was recently looking at some landscape photography awards in Central London and noticed that quite a few of the images had significant post editing in Photoshop. The artists had even mentioned ...
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Photo editing: Is it ethically ok?
I am a very basic level amateur photographer. My question is "Is it ethically correct to edit photos to make my photos look good?".
I believe that the photos taken by my camera should not be touched ...
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Is staging, live baiting and sedating animals in wildlife photography a common practice?
I am not a wildlife photographer and frankly I have little interest in wildlife photography outside of the birds and squirrels outside of my kitchen window. I do however enjoy looking at some of the ...
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Is photomontage photography?
I frequent 500px and enjoy viewing and voting the photos there. I thought I was mostly looking at photography on this site but it seems that my eyes were fooled more then a few times. (And this is not ...
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What are the obligations to a client (give them raw photos, etc?)
I have shot an event (a pool party) for a client for free as a first test so that if that worked out we would continue working together. All that was communicated was that I cannot publish photos ...
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Is it acceptable in professional photography to accept a meal from the client during a paid event?
On 4-5 hour long assignments shooting events such as anniversaries/weddings/birthdays etc.. the clients have asked me to help myself to lunch/dinner. Is acceptable to do that or will it look ...
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Can photographs from a client shoot, but not accepted by them, be used for stock photography?
I have a number of photographs from a recent client shoot that they don't wish to use, could these be sold by myself as stock photography? For that matter, would it be considered to be ethical to do ...
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Image processing & editing: what is an “unmanipulated” image?
What is considered an "unmanipulated" image? As defined by photo.net:
Unmanipulated
a single uninterrupted exposure
cropping to taste
common adjustments to the entire image, e.g., ...
