1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the digital darkroom as compared to a regular darkroom? 2. What are layers? Why would a layer be used?
3. Which photo editing software program is the best? Why?
4. Some people argue that photography should represent the world as it is and that manipulations of an image with photo editing software ruins the truth of photography. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
5. What are the advantages of using a photo editing software program? What are the disadvantages?
6. Choose one photograph that you have taken that could be improved by photo editing. Describe what you would change in the photograph and what tools or features you would use to make the changes.
7. What are three different changes that a photo editing software program can make? Describe a situation in which each of the three changes might be made (you’ll have three situations each describing a change).
8. What are three different photo editing software programs? Describe each software program.
9. If you had the option to use any photo editing software program, which one would you choose? Why? What advantages would this software offer your particular style of photography or your skills?
10. What are some of the legal and ethical issues that could result from using manipulated photographs? Do altered photographs represent the “truth”?