PHOTOSHOP PICS!.....but why???

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  • Jxnsmma
    Jxnsmma Posts: 919 Member
    I dont hate you in any way but I think its ironic that you posted all this about people being fake when I'd bet my left arm that no matter what you say your hair and boobs were created in a laboratory... Not that there is anything wrong with that if that is what you choose to do to yourself. But come on lets be honest here! and you talk about what people will look like 20 years from now, well what do you think those are going to look like when youre 80. :huh:
  • cameras can reveal more than we see in real life and subtle tweaks and stuff is often required (if you want it to look all nice and stuff)

    The problems lies in people lacking any self control and then they just keep going..

    Proper adjustments should not be visible or blatant... they should be a compliment and not the focus.

    The same applies to many other things and not just pictures... less is always more.
  • NicLiving
    NicLiving Posts: 261 Member
    This is random (and Im board) but I have seen bazillions of pictures everywhere that are obviously photoshopped. My question is WHY?:smokin:

    Why would you want to photoshop the CRUD out of your pictures so that it barely looks like you, or doesnt look like you at all. What happens when your photoshopped pictures are out there for everyone to see-right, then you actually meet and they go "DAMN" (in a negative way) because you look nothing like your pictures....isnt that setting yourself up for a huge disapointment?

    So you have a problem with photoshop but no problem with chicks that wear a ton of make-up, lashes, extensions, fake boobs or push-up bras? I prefer not to use a photo of me rolling outta bed with no make-up on. :noway:
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
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    Oh your so sure they're fake....how do you know this ? Victoria has many secrets you know, besides they're not photo shopped. And your comments on my bits have nothing to do with the subject.
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    Mwahahahahahahahahaa :laugh:


    *Oops that was def supposed to be a quote...not sure what happened there but still funny lol
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member

    Oh your so sure they're fake....how do you know this ? Victoria has many secrets you know, besides they're not photo shopped. And your comments on my bits have nothing to do with the subject.

    That secret is such a secret, I have never quite seen something subject to such a secret before. But maybe I would never know, as its a secret.
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    after sitting here for over half an hour the irony and dare I say it attention seeking makes me want to laugh...

    IF I WANT TO PHOTOSHOP MYSELF FLAWLESS I SURE AS HELL WILL JUST LIKE YOU SEEM TO WANT TO HAVE YOUR BUST HANGING OUT, FACE FULL OF MAKE-UP AND FAKE NAILS...push up bras are FAKE FAKE FAKE :)

    its like posting a photo of yourself with a push-up bra, meet a guy and take him home and when its time to pull of that bra little grapes come popping out :noway: , or the next morning when you wake no make, all those blemishes and wrinkles eurghh its all fake ! get over it...

    tis all a liar guys...run from the liarssssssss :happy:
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    I dont hate you in any way but I think its ironic that you posted all this about people being fake when I'd bet my left arm that no matter what you say your hair and boobs were created in a laboratory... Not that there is anything wrong with that if that is what you choose to do to yourself. But come on lets be honest here! and you talk about what people will look like 20 years from now, well what do you think those are going to look like when youre 80. :huh:

    You just lost an ARM. And besides everyone attacking me for whatever the reason, going on and on about me. My hair is not fake. In any way shape or form, my make up is not caked on, this is a picture when I went out... My point once again if you can read, is not about any thing but photoshopping EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. I look like my picture, except this particular angle that my chests looks ridiculous huge, which in my profile pictures they're not. So let's get over that now. I look like me, my body is not photo shopped , and I don't have ONLY photo shopped pictures. Stay on subject.
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    To answer the question over and over, hell no it isn't about me, I don't need attention, I asked a simple question and BAM....way out in left field. What I didn't expect was all the comments about me. And people assuming I'm fake. And yatti yatti, what I did expect was talk about magazines and adds and such. And pereception on what makes is unique and beautiful and why we PhotoShop all the beauty away. But I guess not.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I really can't take this thread seriously.

    AGREED!!

    Someone needed attention / compliments this morning :yawn:

    Agreed! :laugh:
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    But your thread is a joke! Your asking why people feel the need to photoshop themselves, why do they want to look fake? You must know that the whole look you are portraying in your profile pic looks fake through and through! Whether it is fake or not is besides the point. You LOOK fake. You cannot call others out for doing it when your whole look is based on looking artificial.
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    damn, I want photoshop now!
  • atxdee
    atxdee Posts: 613 Member
    How do they photoshop them? How can you tell? Lke they are fat and get skinny or something?
  • sktllmdrhmzz
    sktllmdrhmzz Posts: 189 Member
    I photoshop all my pics. I'm really an angry old black lady.
  • BamsieEkhaya
    BamsieEkhaya Posts: 657 Member
    But your thread is a joke! Your asking why people feel the need to photoshop themselves, why do they want to look fake? You must know that the whole look you are portraying in your profile pic looks fake through and through! Whether it is fake or not is besides the point. You LOOK fake. You cannot call others out for doing it when your whole look is based on looking artificial.

    and the truth be told ^^^^^^
  • GamerGurl729
    GamerGurl729 Posts: 286 Member
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    NOT photoshopped. I just had a damn good photographer who knows exactly how to flatter all types of women. She is known for making all her clients feel gorgeous.

    Granted I had my hair and make-up done for the shoot, but what you see is me! There are no nips and tucks.

    I agree about it being a confidence issue though. I'm shy about putting up everyday pictures of myself. Plus I'm also waiting so that I can have a more dramatic before and after reveal :wink:
  • xSakura
    xSakura Posts: 288 Member
    I don't understand why this has been said on MFP, I've yet to see a Photoshopped image.. (Not including filters)

    I work with Photoshop daily, as I'm a freelance graphic designer and have been using the program for 5 years, so I can tell if an image has been edited. I do agree, some people take it way too far.. But again, I've not seen anyone on here yet who's completely gone ''all out on Photoshop'' :ohwell:
  • S1NN3R
    S1NN3R Posts: 452 Member
    All I want to know is...can I motorboat you boobies that look super huge in the angle your pic was taken??

    :tongue:
  • AnnACnd
    AnnACnd Posts: 72 Member
    To "photoshop" is just the current term, and I hate to break it to you, but YOU ALL "photoshop" your pics (ie: do something to make yourself look better.)
    Do you wear makeup? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you style your hair? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you pick out flattering clothes? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    You get the idea.
    Unless you wake up in the morning, and allow yourself to be photographed unshowered, un made-up, EXACTLY as you wake in the morning, you are, in essence "Photoshopping", ie: trying to affect the outcome of the attractiveness of you in a photo. You're just choosing to not do it in the actual program...



    Sorry but no.....the above you list are not photoshopping. Photoshopping is altering a picture. Doing ones hair and make up is taking pride and care into ones appearance. Nothing phoney about that.......
  • atxdee
    atxdee Posts: 613 Member
    I think this thread got way out of hand. BUT seriously people no need to attack her. I dont think the OP meant to attack anyone either.

    Can't we all just get along! :love:
  • realia
    realia Posts: 169 Member
    I only photoshop my editorial pictures. I'm an amateur photographer and I take self-portraits when I don't have models to work with. It makes my photos look more professional. However, regular photos, I don't photoshop.

    Editorial photo:
    2lmpi5z.jpg

    Regular photo:
    fyhch0.jpg

    Hope I answered your question! :wink:
  • xSakura
    xSakura Posts: 288 Member
    To "photoshop" is just the current term, and I hate to break it to you, but YOU ALL "photoshop" your pics (ie: do something to make yourself look better.)
    Do you wear makeup? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you style your hair? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you pick out flattering clothes? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    You get the idea.
    Unless you wake up in the morning, and allow yourself to be photographed unshowered, un made-up, EXACTLY as you wake in the morning, you are, in essence "Photoshopping", ie: trying to affect the outcome of the attractiveness of you in a photo. You're just choosing to not do it in the actual program...


    I suffer with Trichotillomania, so I wear wigs. Does that make ME fake, because I wear FAKE hair?
    PHOTOshopping, it's in the name. Photoshop is for PHOTOS.
    There's nothing at all wrong with a woman wearing a little make up, some nice clothes she feels comfortable in, that does NOT make her fake at all. I'm sorry but this post is incredibly ridiculous...
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    hmmmm

    Photoshop pro's and con's

    pro's
    1. can make my body look like I want
    2. don't have to worry about what I eat
    3. can stop jumping on MFP to get my "I'm healthier than that person" fix

    con's
    1. fake
    2. fake
    3. fake
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    How do you know a picture is photoshop

    What she said

    when there is no flaw- everyone is flawed EVERYONE! i brought this up because I have a cousin who will remain namless who sends nothing but photoshopped pictures, and it dosent look like her at all-ever

    I don't have any flaws.
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    I only photoshop my editorial pictures. I'm an amateur photographer and I take self-portraits when I don't have models to work with. It makes my photos look more professional. However, regular photos, I don't photoshop.

    Editorial photo:
    2lmpi5z.jpg

    Regular photo:
    fyhch0.jpg

    Hope I answered your question! :wink:
    You still look like you though. Pretty. My cousin looked weird. She didn't look like herself at all. She made her hips bigger and did something weird with her face especially the eyes. You look great though.
  • Adina81
    Adina81 Posts: 252 Member
    Original poster: are those things real??

    Do you need a back brace?? I will never complain of my size breast ever again...I will just visit your profile to quiet my whining
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    To "photoshop" is just the current term, and I hate to break it to you, but YOU ALL "photoshop" your pics (ie: do something to make yourself look better.)
    Do you wear makeup? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you style your hair? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    DO you pick out flattering clothes? Consider it "Photoshopping"
    You get the idea.
    Unless you wake up in the morning, and allow yourself to be photographed unshowered, un made-up, EXACTLY as you wake in the morning, you are, in essence "Photoshopping", ie: trying to affect the outcome of the attractiveness of you in a photo. You're just choosing to not do it in the actual program...
    I suffer with Trichotillomania, so I wear wigs. Does that make ME fake, because I wear FAKE hair?
    PHOTOshopping, it's in the name. Photoshop is for PHOTOS.
    There's nothing at all wrong with a woman wearing a little make up, some nice clothes she feels comfortable in, that does NOT make her fake at all. I'm sorry but this post is incredibly ridiculous...
    No it doesn't. My mother n law wears wigs. But she has cancer. It doesn't apply to severe PhotoShop. That's irrelevant.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member


    the only "photoshopping" that i do is put a bra on. no makeup, no hair styling, no flattering clothes, i usually just wear baggy sweatpants and a loose tee shirt. the bra is for everyone's safety. i'm a full time college student and work 32 hours a week. i don't have time to look good.


    hmmmm. this seems to be a badge of pride for some people. I never get that. (The bra statement is hilarious though. +1)
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    My husband is very good with photoshop and really anything computer related and the only time I will ask him to photshop anything is if we have a Christmas card or something like that and I have a giant pimple on my face haha. I also use some filters on instagram, but not usually. I have no clue why actresses and models do it, most of them are grogeous without all the photoshopping.

    Last year was the first year I did not have to ask our photographer to photoshop our family Christmas photo. Hard to get 6 people looking at the camera simultaneously without one of them making rabbit ears or a goofy face (especially when 4 of them are kids). Most years prior he had to shop my 3rd son's head from another photo -- he has a habit of looking away or down just as the shutter clicks.
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    Original poster: are those things real??

    Do you need a back brace?? I will never complain of my size breast ever again...I will just visit your profile to quiet my whining
    See my profile pics, this picture was funny because I was tipsy, just turned 37, and the angle my cousin shot made us laugh, so I put it up to remind me of how much fun we had, and my birthday is in a couple weeks. Apparently it brings out the green in people. for my friends and family, it makes us laugh....good times.:drinker:
  • imchicbad
    imchicbad Posts: 1,650 Member
    But your thread is a joke! Your asking why people feel the need to photoshop themselves, why do they want to look fake? You must know that the whole look you are portraying in your profile pic looks fake through and through! Whether it is fake or not is besides the point. You LOOK fake. You cannot call others out for doing it when your whole look is based on looking artificial.

    and the truth be told ^^^^^^
    read...read...read....I'm not fake. But thank you for the harsh words, rude comment and accusations, not to mention your twist of words-not mine. I'm not going to stoop to this level. Because I don't know you, or anything about you. But I'm not going to apologize for my looks, and the fact that it upsets you. Like everybody here on mfp, I worked hard on my body to get here, and I'm dam proud of it.
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