Digital Photography

What is real and what is not real is a very fine line these days. As a society we can alter pretty much anything that is known to be real. We can alter the way we look to be anything we want. We can put our selves in pictures with people that we have never even met. I find that the age of digital enhancements is only beginning. With the new technologies that we have it is hard to find the things that are actually real. But it is in this type of age we live in with no problem.
Everytime I am in a grocery store I always wait at the ends of the isles looking at the magazines trying to find out the lastest gossip. I find that it is very hard not to want to look and to see what other are doing. They always seem to get the best picture no matter what and be able to make a story out of it. Where is did this begin is what I have to ask myself. How many pictures are we looking at today and they are not any where near what really happened. This is one of foundations that we have to improve upon.
We talked earlier in the semester about technology erasing history. In a way being able to enhance pictures is the same thing. One the one wepage there is a picture of leaders from Germany having a meal, the caption saying that in the original photo had champagne bottles on the table but they were removed when published. What are these people so afraid of. We are being controlled down to the simpliest level. It is hard to believe that there are so many things that can be altered. I hope that information is not turning into a brainwahsing media. We need to find the balance between what is real and what information is not.