"News" Photo Game

By now nearly everyone has seen at least one example of staging or photoshopping the pictures from the Middle East (If not, go here). It's propaganda, plain and simple. But I think one BIG thing has been missing from these propaganda pictures:

I think it's time the Garden gnome joins the battle. Here's the rules: Take any alleged "real" photograph from one of the ~~propaganda~~ news agencies and then add the gnome. Feel free to use the one above, or grab your own.

If you're having trouble figuring out how, exactly, to make such pictures, Harvey has a step-by-step guide.

Here's a sample that I'll send in:

Then, when you're done, send it in to Reuters or AP and claim you're an "independent photojournalist" who just snapped this shot. I wonder how many will get published.

Posted by: Ogre at 05:02 PM

Comments

1 this has nothing to do with Harvey's directions on how to fake pictures with MS Paint does it? hahaha

Now what can I find???

Posted by: vw bug at August 10, 2006 06:08 PM (86xHT)

2 Dang, did I leave that link out?

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2006 06:45 PM (/k+l4)

3 Hahahaha so fuuny. Love your post.

Posted by: Wild Thing at August 10, 2006 08:04 PM (tj1zH)

4 The Garden Gnome now part of the al-Reuters hoopla...damn, that's funny! Wish I would'a thought of that.

Posted by: David Drake at August 10, 2006 11:45 PM (S83Pv)

5 Come on, everyone join in the fun!

Posted by: Ogre at August 10, 2006 11:53 PM (o2crh)

6 Ogre, I tried to tb to you, but it failed...will try later...

Posted by: Butch at August 11, 2006 03:30 AM (lRmHb)

7 I'll donate one of these http://gnome-home.edsberg.net/
to the first person to get one published.

Posted by: Murray at August 11, 2006 03:50 AM (qkisY)

8 Just a hint to make the photoshopped photos more believable: take the exif information from a picture taken by a digital camera (example below) and add this to the faked image you send in.

Reuters might, just might have staffers looking for exif data that says "photoshop" by now, so it is perhaps wise to give them something plausibly real to look at.

Or than again, maybe not...

EXIF data:

Filename : 100_0486.JPG
Filesize : 2972799 Bytes
Camera make : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Camera model : KODAK DX7630 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
Image timestamp : 2005:06:08 09:55:22
Image number :
Exposure time : 1/750 s
Aperture : F4.8
Exposure bias : 0
Flash : No, compulsory
Flash bias :
Focal length : 13.3 mm (35 mm equivalent: 65.0 mm)
Subject distance:
ISO speed : 100
Exposure mode : Auto
Metering mode : Matrix
Macro mode :
Image quality :
Exif Resolution : 2856 x 2142
White balance :
Thumbnail : JPEG, 4026 Bytes
Copyright :
Exif comment :

Posted by: Dr Dan H. at August 11, 2006 12:28 PM (HsPm8)

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