For an architecture project I’ve been working on, I’ve had to learn all sorts of tricks. Most recently, I had to figure out how to swap out drab skies, for the puffy cloud variety. Luckily I came across this little gem at Greyscale Gorilla (which you should be checking constantly if you aren’t already, this man is talented).

Simple Sky Replacement in Photoshop from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

Within an hour (there was a steep learning curve) My photo went from:

to:

So there was a bit more touching up to, but hey, look at that sky! Feel free to steal the sky from the photo I used:

I once had a photo intern tell me his boss took photos of the sky anytime it looked nice for later use, which struck me as overkill.  I have been on the look out for pretty clouds now too.

Sorry Will, I know one of the tenets of this blog is refusing to post something that is being done everywhere but this is infuriating.

A few weeks ago, photo manipulation in a Times magazine article called “The Second Gilded Age” was discovered by programmer Adam Gurno and proven in this little gif. Edgar Martins, the photographer, had apparently mirrored one side of the image, making the whole photo a bit more ascetically pleasing. Obviously outside the allowed color correction and levels, but the story was not impacted by the photographer’s generous photoshopping. The photos were redacted and NYT apologized. In the grand scheme of things, not a huge deal.

However, instead of stepping up and admitting fault, Martins unloaded this crock of shit on us. Citations in what should be a short apology? Really? I haven’t read the whole thing as it runs at 2600 words, more than triple the length of the article the photos accompanied.

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Symmetry helps to map the parameters of human existence