Evolution of Beauty

[FullerH]

Even if anorexia and bulemias don't kill you, they screw up your metabolism so badly that you may never fully recover. That has been the experience of the women that I met in OA and elsewhere.

 

[PhilL]

I never wanted to be a Portrait photographer, but of course there comes a time that the people you photograph aren't 20 something models with the aide of hair and makeup artist. When I have to photograph real people I never let them see unretouched pics of themselves. There are some quick fixes I do that I never tell them about. I'll knock off 10 lbs, whiten their teeth and eyes, remove or soften and bags or wrinkles. I don't make them perfect, but they're always amazed at what a great photographer I am.

An old trick I used to do when I needed a darkroom to make prints, was to print the portrait backwards. It never failed to stop the subject, they always felt that I had captured the real them. Of course they were looking at themselves the way they're used to seeing themselves, a mirror image. They don't normally see themselves in pictures that way.

Of course every once in a while people are just not happy with the way they look. I took some candit shots at Blade Show 2004 and one of the guys from BFC saw a shot that i took of him shaking hands with Ed Fowler. He thought it was cool, but wished he was better looking. So, I made him better looking.

 

[FoxholeAtheist]

Phil, where'd you get that shot of me to use?

Mr Otter, I know what you're saying, but I guess I'm reacting to the concept I've seen bandied about (not here, necessarily) that you shouldn't tell a child that they're overweight because they might develop anorexia. Based on the figures, I personally think it's better that they have a realistic assessment of their size so if they are a little chunky, they can start doing something about it.

$.02

 

[tedwca]

An old trick I used to do when I needed a darkroom to make prints, was to print the portrait backwards. It never failed to stop the subject, they always felt that I had captured the real them. Of course they were looking at themselves the way they're used to seeing themselves, a mirror image. They don't normally see themselves in pictures that way.

LOL, I've been doing that with business portraits for about 20 years now. I always hear the same thing, "Wow, I've never had a picture where I look like me before!"

BTW - there's a reason why the image is reversed in Apple's Photobooth application. The images are mirror images(this can be turned off in prefs)

 

[ERdept]

One of the prettiest ladies of Hollywood (to me) was Eva Langoria. I say a photo without make up and, well, let's just say she lost 4 points.

Amazing what make-up, hair, and earrings can do.