More on FAQ #404

  • 1. What changes does TTG require in photographers' personal working methods?

    There’s no single answer, because each photographer works differently.

    Many photographers won’t have to do anything differently, because they already make TTG-qualified photos as a matter of course.

    But TTG involves a number of things that surprise — and sometimes frustrate — photographers who are accustomed to the philosophy that “the appearance of the final image is all that matters.”

    For example, the shape, size, position, blurriness, presence, and absence of the things depicted in the photograph cannot be changed from what the camera initially rendered except as specifically listed on TTG’s Allowable Changes list.

    That means that TTG photographers have to record at the scene all non-“light” related aspects — forms and shapes — pretty much the way they want them to appear in the final photograph, because later on those things can’t be changed (apart from the Allowable Changes).

  • 2. One popular approach is off the table

    The proverbial attitude that “I’ll fix it in post” is not an approach that TTG photographers can employ when it comes to non-“light”-related aspects of depictions in the photograph.

    Phrased another way, requiring photos to be “undoctored records” — as TTG does — means that a lot of popular manipulations are ruled out.

    How much that “undoctored” requirement affects any particular photographer depends on how often they currently make those disqualifying manipulations.

    “Why doesn’t TTG allow my favorite manipulation?”