Most people think that you need
photoshop or some other program to change a picture, but in reality you do not have to alter the image at all.
Photoshop is not only used to change the picture, but another goal is to change the viewers outlook. Most people look at a picture and formulate an opinion based on what is seen, however a persons thoughts about an image can be dictated by simple captions or text explaining the scenario. The best time to manipulate a picture is when it is of poor quality or low resolution. A prime example that is seen very often is "
Bigfoot" photos. It is dark in every picture and the resolution is low, but that dark think in the back is always "
Bigfoot." A better example is a picture of a building with a few roads around it. The captions around this photo say that it is an
IHOP. In a later photograph of the same area the building is a sanitized bunker and cars driving by are UN vehicles. If I would have seen these pictures separately, I would have believed that both were telling the truth. I never realized that words could actually change the entire outlook that viewers have on pictures.
