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Techniques of Fakery
There are six basic techniques of faking a photo, none of which are mutually exclusive.
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, one can adjust the color, resize details, or rotate or move details.
4: falsifying the caption. (In a sense, every fake photo has been falsely captioned.)
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly when it occurs in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Taking a photo at a trick angle. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
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There are six basic techniques of faking a photo, none of which are mutually exclusive.
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, one can adjust the color, resize details, or rotate or move details.
4: falsifying the caption. (In a sense, every fake photo has been falsely captioned.)
5: Staging the scene. This is considered fakery particularly when it occurs in photojournalism. Varieties of staging a scene include using models and cutouts and inserting a prop into the scene.
6: Taking a photo at a trick angle. The most common example of this is the use of forced perspective.
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Time Periods
 Jumping Shark Real July 3, 2008 |
 Cruise vs. von Stauffenberg Real Controversy from June 2008 |
 Camel Spiders in Iraq Real picture, false caption Found online, Spring 2004 |
 A Sonic Boom Real Taken in 1999. Found online in 2001. |
 Pike Swallows Trout Real Jan 22, 2001 |
 Chicken McNoggin Real (sometimes circulates with false caption) Circulating online since late 2000 |
 Sinking Bus Real March 3, 1988 |
 Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Real February 23, 1945 |
 The Falling Soldier Real September 5, 1936 |
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