Techniques of
Photo Fakery
Photo Fakery
1: Inserting details. This includes placing an element from one photo into another to create a composite image, reproducing a detail of the photo by cloning it, superimposing an image onto another, or drawing-in details.
2: Deleting details. This is usually done by extending background elements over the unwanted detail. Or one can crop out the unwanted detail.
3: Manipulating elements within the photo. For instance, adjusting the color, resizing details, or rotating or moving details.
4: falsifying the caption.
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Trick angles. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
2: Deleting details. This is usually done by extending background elements over the unwanted detail. Or one can crop out the unwanted detail.
3: Manipulating elements within the photo. For instance, adjusting the color, resizing details, or rotating or moving details.
4: falsifying the caption.
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Trick angles. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
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The Hoax Photo Archive
A gallery of photo fakery throughout history.
Years Archived:
1840-1900 | 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005-Present
A gallery of photo fakery throughout history.
Years Archived:
1840-1900 | 1900-1919 | 1920-1939 | 1940-1959 | 1960-1979 | 1980-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005-Present
Category: Fish
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Pacific Sea Monster (1906)
Men in Ballard, Washington pose with a sea serpent that looks suspiciously like a log. ...» |
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William ‘Dad’ Martin’s Freak Postcards (1909-1910)
Martin made a fortune selling "freak" postcards that featured midwesterners interacting with oversized animals and vegetables. ...» |
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Pike Swallows Trout (Jan 22, 2001)
This award-winning photo was taken at the Alaska Department of Fish & Game aquarium in Anchorage. It was not photoshopped! ...» |
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Helicopter Shark (Circulating online since Aug 2001)
Despite what this photo shows, a Great White shark has never attacked a helicopter in San Francisco Bay. ...» |
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Modern-Day Diplocaulus (Circulating online since late 2004)
The mysterious creature in the bucket was actually a clay model, not a surviving prehistoric Diplocaulus. ...» |
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Jumping Shark (July 3, 2008)
A photographer happened to take this series of photos just as a shark was leaping from the water behind a surfer. ...» |
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