Holy Photoshopped thighs, Batman!

[effervescible]

I knew commercial photography did a lot of airbrushing. But holy shit, dude. This is insane.

Comments

[meghatron.livejournal.com]

Disgusting, isn't it?

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Some of it is necessary, especially for advertising--the "glow" of the skin doesn't bother me so much. But some of this is truly sickening.

[xphile101.livejournal.com]

Wow.

[buttercup0222.livejournal.com]

The really sick thing is that most of those people look perfectly fine before the retouching.

[a-hollow-year.livejournal.com]

I second this. Some of them looked *better* before.

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

Pretty woman -> Barbie doll.
Pretty woman -> Barbie doll.
Crack whore -> crack whore with collegen and highlights.
Pretty woman -> holy fuck they retouched the dog?!

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Wow. On some of these, they look like a completely different person. You'd think professional photographers would know how to light black people right the first time. That seems like part of the problem with the originals - wrong lighting.

[jmcgarry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is a common problem, you need a more golden light, some of the 'befores' seemed too harsh, though it is hard to know what the lighting was really like. The outdoor shots (or really any shot where you aren't in full control of the lighting (e.g. a concert)), well, sometimes you just have to shoot what you have. (Also, and I've noticed this tendancy in myself as well, since Photoshop is so good now, it is very tempting (and easier) to just get 'the shot' and 'fix' it later.)

[spicedrum.livejournal.com]

I love how Halle Berry's skeletal self is retouched so you can't see THE BONES POKING OUT OF HER SKIN ACK ACK ACK! (scary!)

[wreakerofhavoc.livejournal.com]

My favorite is the "remove liver, add to ass" shots.