Saturday, December 08, 2007

Photography: Just shoot it and fix it in Photoshop



That must be the mantra of these celebrity shooting photogs. And I don't care to hear about time restraints or all that crap... some of these are poorly lit and exposed images. If you can make a good image... whether on film or digital, it shows. Most of these stinkers are really crap. A few are good images made better. I wonder what would have happened if they shot film and had to deliver chromes to the art director and had bad lighting, suckass makeup, and 1/2 stop underexposed images... Gimmee a break. My workshop students are putting out better images before Photoshop than this drivel.
Celebrities Before And After Photoshop: "An interesting look at celebrities photos before and after photoshop. These are mostly used in magazines, posters and given the photoshop treatment from their original source. 26 more pics after the jump."


I say it again... gimme a break.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In the spirit of crediting folks for their work, the source for these images is the portfolio of:

http://www.iwanexstudio.com/

The difference between before/after is especially notable when you view it on their site, where you mouse over the "after" image to see the "before" and the reshaping becomes obvious.

My day job is with a non-profit youth program, and I share this link with others who work with young people as a teaching tool re: body image & the "unreality" of the media.