Charlotte Observer Photographer Fired For Altering Colors
The fine line between tweaking and latering is closely observed in the news biz
Charlotte Observer photographer Patrick Schneider has lost his job for manipulating the colors in a photo that appeared in Thursday's newspaper.
Schneider has been reprimanded for altering photos before. In 2003, he was stripped of three state-level prizes when contest officials learned some of the photos he entered had been heavily adjusted.
In this case, the problematic image shows a firefighter on a ladder, silhouetted against the sun and a vividly red sky. It was published in color on the front of the paper's local news section.
Charlotte Observer photographer Patrick Schneider has lost his job for manipulating the colors in a photo that appeared in Thursday's newspaper.
Schneider has been reprimanded for altering photos before. In 2003, he was stripped of three state-level prizes when contest officials learned some of the photos he entered had been heavily adjusted.
In this case, the problematic image shows a firefighter on a ladder, silhouetted against the sun and a vividly red sky. It was published in color on the front of the paper's local news section.
posted by Ian at
Thursday, August 03, 2006
2 Comments:
Maybe they had it right in the old days (the Trib era) when photos were in B/W.
Would this have even crossed anyone's radar if he had used a "sunset" filter, or printed a neg a bit warm?
I assume nobody has a problem understanding the firefighter, his uniform, and the ladder are not actually pitch black.
Even in the old days, nobody would have balked at dodging a face in shadow.
"Thin edge of the wedge" concerns can be taken a bit too far. I think the Free Press successfully deals with this issue by having a 'digital manipulation by...' credit line.
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