NSV: Who used to be a picture cropper?

Minnesnowtagurl
Minnesnowtagurl Posts: 406 Member
edited October 1 in Success Stories
I was going through my pictures, old and new and then realized that I used to crop almost ALL my pictures before I lost any weight. LOL! So just for fun I want to see some hands. Who else is guilty of being a PPC, past picture cropper, and is not anymore?

I'll be the first....

**Raises hand and looks around the room**
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  • prettybrownround
    prettybrownround Posts: 362 Member
    I didnt bother cropping the pics, I just didnt take any.
  • ursy87
    ursy87 Posts: 287
    I'm more of a deleter than a cropper myself!
  • nuviag
    nuviag Posts: 131 Member
    cropping, blurring wrinkles darkening shadows for slimmer effect...Taking 5-10 shots maybe more and pickign the most slimming one, refusing to take pictures on really bad days, having mainly face shots of myself and hardly any full body shots of myself, asking people on facebook not to tag me without my approval...Im still doing it.....

    But i hope one day to take Full BOddy Shots and not CROP them ....

    Kudos to you
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    I'm an untagger
  • Erykah3584
    Erykah3584 Posts: 324 Member
    Guilty!
  • Melmade
    Melmade Posts: 349 Member
    Yes... that or I would hide behind my husband and son in family photos.
  • nuviag
    nuviag Posts: 131 Member
    Untagger LOL
    I'm an untagger
  • sarahp86
    sarahp86 Posts: 692 Member
    still do
  • Ebwash89
    Ebwash89 Posts: 180 Member
    Hahaha! I thought I was the only one. I didnt go in and crop them but I would either not take any or take just my face or upper half because my face and upper half look pretty slim. So basically cutting off the parts I thought would make me look fat.
  • godroxmysox
    godroxmysox Posts: 1,491 Member
    Mmmmhmmmmmm
  • me525
    me525 Posts: 155
    I just usually stay BEHIND the camera:happy:
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    I'm all of the above...
    Cropper, untagger, avoider, offer to take all group pictures, multiple retakes to get a decent one...

    I'm super unphotogenic, but I do hope that losing some more weight will help!
  • emmyworthy
    emmyworthy Posts: 119 Member
    Hahaha!!

    I am guilty of cropping!!! I am of the opinion that the camera adds ten pounds!! So I just restore the picture to look more natural by cutting half a boob and hip out!!

    I can't wait to be a past picture cropper but for the meantime I will continue to crop out my wobbly bits to balance out that extra ten pounds the camera cruelly adds!!
  • monroe61
    monroe61 Posts: 620 Member
    Me and my husband went on a cruise and I cropped a picture of us infront of the ocean (so beautiful) but the maxi dress I was wearing made me look WAY pregnant...ugh disgusting!!
  • L2M1D52
    L2M1D52 Posts: 616 Member
    I avoid taking pictures or take a million until im semi-happy :tongue:
  • Sballard418
    Sballard418 Posts: 153 Member
    I picnik'd every single picture I got taken of me or cropped it waaaay down. I also am guilty of takign 25 shots before settling for the one where my face looked the slimmest :embarassed:
  • DestinyDarbi
    DestinyDarbi Posts: 260 Member
    Bahahaha too funny! I did that the ENTIRE time I was preggo! Then, when I lost all the baby weight, I wanted to see how much I'd changed by using old photos and comparing them to new ones. Do you know how hard that is when you've cropped ALL your old photos!! haha I found a few, but most pictures that were taken of me during those days got DELETED!

    So yes, I used to be a TOTAL picture cropper!!

    *shamefully raises both hands. And feet.*
  • ostar8433
    ostar8433 Posts: 37
    Untagger LOL
    I'm an untagger

    GUILTY!
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    I would crop and photoshop my pics.... Take out the bags under my eyes and whiten the whites of my eyes... remove blemishes, redspots, increase the tan in my skin tone so i wasnt so pasty from never going outside, clone in new sections of hair so i looked like i had more and once i even lengthened my neck to look thinner in pics. Thank goodness for my graphic design skills!!! Now, I dont really need them for my pics though!
  • DestinyDarbi
    DestinyDarbi Posts: 260 Member
    I would crop and photoshop my pics.... Take out the bags under my eyes and whiten the whites of my eyes... remove blemishes, redspots, increase the tan in my skin tone so i wasnt so pasty from never going outside, clone in new sections of hair so i looked like i had more and once i even lengthened my neck to look thinner in pics. Thank goodness for my graphic design skills!!! Now, I dont really need them for my pics though!

    Oh my goodness.. I need to learn your ways! lol Teach me, Yoda!!
  • SRH7
    SRH7 Posts: 2,037 Member
    Omigod! I was a newspaper and magazine editor years ago and used to airbrush all the photos of myself that went in the papers. There was one time I was sent off on a walking holiday (free holiday - yeah! too fat to get up the mountains without panting furiously - grrrrrrr!) and there was a pic of me stood next to all these skinny Himalaya-trekking types. I shamelessy took several inches off my waist and slimmed my face, legs and arms with Photoshop. Worst thing was, I sent a copy of the newspaper to my mum who emailed to say how well and slim I was looking. Shame, shame, I know my name...
  • dawnw30
    dawnw30 Posts: 270
    I just hid or took the pics...can't hardly find any of me through the years :blushing:
  • Brownski860
    Brownski860 Posts: 361 Member
    ***RAISES HAND*****

    I'm a CROPPER! All photos must be from the chest up..... and must make sure there was no double chin showing...
    Geez, the effort it took for a picture.....

    I'm getting better, at least I'm waist up now!! LOL
  • beckyinma
    beckyinma Posts: 1,433 Member
    I stand in front of the mirror and practice how I'll smile, and how high I'll hold my chin to avoid the dreaded double.

    Also a habitual cropper, untagger, hide behind my kids..... guilty of all of the above.
  • stephr2014
    stephr2014 Posts: 311 Member
    I just try and avoid the camera as much as possible ( I cant wait until I dont have to do that anymore) :frown:
  • ohwhataday
    ohwhataday Posts: 1,398 Member
    I'm an untagger

    I've only ever been tagged in the WORST possible pictures of me. freakin' a-holes.
  • mrsvatitagain
    mrsvatitagain Posts: 275 Member
    I like that!!! Didnt bother to take any..LOLOL

    I took them, but didtn bother to look and when I did, here I am!!!!! WHOAAAAAAAAA, like how did I not know I what size I was and what that really looked like.

    I still crop pictures, more face pictures than not when I look at it. I will have to stop that!
  • darla499
    darla499 Posts: 402 Member
    LOL!

    What a fun topic!

    Geez, I can't remember ever NOT cropping pics ... changing the lighting, elongating my chin(s) into my neck ... ROFLMAO!!

    But for the most part, I just didn't take any pictures. I just didn't do it and if I found any of me laying around or in collections, I'd sneak it out and trash it.

    Of course there were the group photos that I HAD to be in ... and then I just usually stood behind the other people!

    I'm over all the extensive photography tricks and don't crop anymore, but I'm still about 60 pounds away from actually posing or liking to have my pic taken :smooched:
  • ColoradoRobin
    ColoradoRobin Posts: 510 Member
    I have cropped plenty of photos in my time, as well as hiding behind my kids. I did that one a lot.
  • ehlertmartha
    ehlertmartha Posts: 78 Member
    Some how i stood at different angle seeing which way i looked the smallest or take the picture from a distance, i have manage to learn a great set skill byt learning to hide how big i really am but honestly i dont really know how i do it.
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