Photography & Ethics

There are times when it is appropriate to digitally alter someone's portrait. For example, sometimes a photograph of a model is digitally altered in order to add or remove make up. However, unless a photographer has someone's consent, it is not ethical to digitally alter the photograph, especially if the person is paying you to take their picture. An inappropriate time to make digital alterations would be on a family portrait, unless the family did not want to be presented in a way that they actually looked.