This is the original of the background photo, shot by Myra Lambino-Ramos, Crystal Cave in Sequoia Park. i lit it up a little. oops, inverted it a little too. confession time. forgive me. i sometimes light up some of the photos and videos here, photojournalists say it’s okay to light up or crop a photo as long as your tweaking doesn’t change the content but makes the visual easier to see…but you can’t invert them, in photojourn, that is (that probably also applies to nature photography i guess, unless you did your shot hanging upside down by a rig); you can’t brush or erase, etc., either, in photojourn (as well as in nature photography), it changes the reality you’re trying to document and bring to the viewers. Why do i invert some of the photos? it changes the “feel” or “mood” or “emotional content” (if you can find emotional content in stillife or landscape). The stalactites look like daggers in the original ; inverted, they look like growing stone plants. (i think). you also can’t alter a work without permission of the creator, under the Intellectual Property Code. But the photographer is my loving and lovable sister, i thought she would forgive me when i tweak just a teeny-weeny tiny bit to suit the background of the blog…. :), and i’ve made confessions… (leave enough alone kasi!)
Still from a video by "The Buzz", ABS-CBN, used here for academic purposes
Thank you to “The Buzz” show for the interview! (and the good shots — in real life, the blog admin looks like a sea hag; ABS-CBN always manages to give the human form of this face)
This portion (see photo, still of an ABS-CBN video used here non-commercially, for academic purposes) was shot in Rocs Coffesshop in U.P. Diliman, Bahay ng Alumni; Rocs is the quieter, cozier, “fully cold” (full aircon) of the coffeeshops in U.P. that allow a full TV crew inside for interviews — thank you to Rocs for the wide windows facing the afternoon sun, with cream-colored paper blinds filtering the sunlight — natural daylight, good acoustics.
For those who were not able to see the segment, this blog will try to upload a teeny-weeny snippet for review and academic purposes.
On the TV production: the entire produced segment in “The Buzz” (ABS-CBN) is a 5- to 6- minute sequence composed of interviews of the subject (the talent, singer-actress Karyll), a video expert, etc., and presenting the side of the tabloid, and other parties involved, for an all-around discussion. Half of the segment was devoted to an investigative angle showing that there really was no “nip slip” or no full breast exposure; that, according to the independent video expert consulted by “The Buzz” whom they went to after the interview with me in Rocs, the photo of Karyll had been photoshopped; and second, the talent was wearing taped breast cover. Therefore, some parts of the discussion in the previous blog post (below) on breast exposure may not be applicable because, based on the investigation, the photo was manipulated. At the time of their interview with me, i did not know the image was photoshopped, the producers had a statement from the talent that she was wearing taped breast cover, so they independently investigated/ verified whether or not the photo had been photoshopped. The producers went to an independent video expert to establish the nature of the photo. Then, they interviewed Atty. Nery Colmenares (Hi, Nery!) after they saw the video expert. [i’m glad Atty. Nery Colmenares gave an interview, so my friends in the progressive movements cannot rib me! some friends tease me whenever i give TV inerviews]
Manipulating or “photoshopping” a photo to change its content, information, and meaning opens a whole lot of discussion on other legal and ethical issues.
Then, the segment had about 2 minutes on statements of the parties (the talent and her equally famous mom on twitter), then 2 minutes on legal discussion. Wait lang po for a short (2-minute) snippet video for academic discussion, i’ll post it in a while, promise!
