According to a recent study, over 63% of Americans say they often come across fake images online. Whether those images are truly faked or perceived as such, the damage is done. We are rapidly losing trust in what we see, our evolutionary number source of information.
Documentary photography is a collaborative process. You tend to work with people as they go about being themselves. But in order for you to do that, you need one big thing first. While this may seem obvious, a documentary project is only successful when the photographer has earned the trust of their subjects.
Trust. Trust is one of the biggest things that any model or Photo Editor will say that they have when needing to work with a new photographer. It's part of why the industry is so incestuous--because the people who aren't serious about their work get weeded out based on personal recommendations.
Crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo is shifting its business model from one that is open to all where anyone can raise money for pretty much anything to one that is closed and will have every campaign reviewed manually before they can be published.
As reported recently here on Petapixel, the FAA has rolled out a new testing program for recreational UAV (a. k. a. , drone) users, created to “provide education and testing for recreational flyers on important safety and regulatory information.
Mutual trust forms the foundation of every great portrait session, whether it’s a candid documentary-style shoot or a formal headshot. The post How to build trust in portrait photography appeared first on 500px.
As more people gain access to the tools to manipulate images – and as those tools become more accessible – a new study says that the public’s trust in the photos they see online has been significantly harmed.