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It was with great interest that I viewed a recent video posted by Buzzfeed in which four women reacted to being given a professional photoshoot, and extreme makeover via Photoshop. Their unanimous reaction was that they preferred the original "before" photographs, straight out of the camera, showing them as they'd appear in the mirror. My immediate reaction was "Great, more power to them"; after all, a woman who is confident in herself is far more attractive than one who is self-conscious, insecure and obsessed about how she appears to other people.
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Photo editing - why do we do it?
There are a number of reasons for which an individual may choose to use Photoshop or [insert favoured photo editing software here] to edit or manipulate the photos from their camera, and its use is often subject to fierce debate and controversy.
National Geographic magazine have made their position on Photoshop clear, stating "We want to see the world through your eyes, not through photo editing tools... If you have digitally added or removed anything, please don't submit the shot" in their submission guidelines.
There have been numerous instances of prestigious photography competition winners seeing their pride turn to shame after being disq
So I now have a website...
First of all, a most gracious thank you to everyone I have had the pleasure of interacting with in the short while since joining DeviantArt. Your positive comments and feedback have been gratefully received and taken on board for my future endeavours.
Speaking of future endeavours, one of them is going to be my new website, www.rephocusimaging.com - I've had the concept, the ideas and even the name in my head for a long time, but haven't been able to dedicate the time to realising it until, well, today... My renewed motivation was due to the feedback I've had from my artwork on here and the repeated nudging, cajoling and berating from variou
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I think all photography would be a lot poorer if everyone were to take the view that it should be a fully accurate representation of reality. Journalistic photos should be, for obvious reasons, however anything shot as art is subject to the wishes of the artist and / or the client.
What I am sure of, is that if someone came to me and asked me to shoot and retouch some people so that they could make a video pointing out how terrible it is, I'd tell them exactly where to go. If Buzzfeed really wanted to find an area where retouching is "wrong", they could have looked into the amount of retouching that goes into a photo of a Big Mac, for example, and the gulf of difference between the photo and the real thing. But, I don't get the impression that level of investigative journalism is Buzzfeed's role, they're more in the clicks-and-controversy game, and they certainly achieved that with this video.
What I am sure of, is that if someone came to me and asked me to shoot and retouch some people so that they could make a video pointing out how terrible it is, I'd tell them exactly where to go. If Buzzfeed really wanted to find an area where retouching is "wrong", they could have looked into the amount of retouching that goes into a photo of a Big Mac, for example, and the gulf of difference between the photo and the real thing. But, I don't get the impression that level of investigative journalism is Buzzfeed's role, they're more in the clicks-and-controversy game, and they certainly achieved that with this video.