In this tutorial we will show you how to recreate the image from the Reuters photoshopping scandal of the Beirut bombings. Learn step-by-step techniques and finish up the tutorial by also adding Godzilla.
Hello and welcome to the Reuters tutorial, soon to be taught to photojournalism photographers worldwide. In case you aren’t up to date, this recreates one of the images from the recent Reuters scandals that have been exposed to the world.
Reuters released a press release on August 6th 2006 saying they are no longer going to work with Adnan Hajj (the photoshop artist & photographer behind this image). The credits for this go to the Little Green Footballs blog that first uncovered the story.
Okay, let’s start by analyzing both images – the left one being the original image and the right one being the ’enhanced’ one. You can clearly see the repeating patterns in the bigger puffs of smoke which was the result of repeated clicks from the same source with the clone tool.
Great tutorial. My digital camera deosnt do proper depth of field so this will do.
Thanks!