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Date Posted: 15:21:55 04/18/04 Sun
Author: No name
Author Host/IP: ip68-1-21-48.mc.at.cox.net / 68.1.21.48
Subject: Professional "enhanced" photos

I'm curious about something....why do moms pay wads of money to have professional photos taken of their daughters, then pay someone to "touch them up" and make them look completly different? I've seen photos lately that the moms are very proud of, but the kids have computer-generated eyebrows (you shouldn't need dark, professionally shaped eyebrows on a baby or todder!), computer-generated eyelashes, c.g. lips, c.g. teeth, even photos where the child's entire eye (iris)was replaced with a c.g. eye! I can see airbrushing to make the skin tone more even, or adding highlights to eyes, hair, etc. But why would you want to put things on your child that don't actually exist? Like one mom had extra teeth added to her child's photo so that her grin would be bigger (she was only 11 mos old!) Have we really sunk so low as to think that our kids can in no way win with the natural beauty that was given to them? Do pageant and photo judges now think that groomed and lined eyebrows on babies is the way they are born? Alot of these photos are gorgeous and appealing in their own right. They don't need to be "enhanced" to bring out the beauty and personality of the child. Why, why, why do we continue to do this?!??

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I agree! Every child has natural beauty and even flaws can be beautiful! As long as people give in to the belief that they need these picture's for the "WIN", those photographer's and retouchers are going to have some pretty lined pockets! Unfortunately, most feel it's the only way and it ususally is the retouched photo's that win. (NT) -- No name, 06:54:51 05/26/04 Wed (ool-44c25d97.dyn.optonline.net/68.194.93.151)
I am an enhancer and I agree with you! I always try to keep the photos as natural looking as possible and bring out the childs NATURAL beauty!!! (NT) -- No name, 07:43:05 05/26/04 Wed (alb-24-195-40-115.nycap.rr.com/24.195.40.115)
personally I have recently been to a pageant where the judges were complaining that the contestants pics didn't look like the contest and they did not like it. I thought to myself I agree. (NT) -- No name, 08:24:28 05/26/04 Wed (cache-mtc-aa12.proxy.aol.com/64.12.116.16)
The photo contests are not about the kids, they are about the moms. (NT) -- No name, 10:53:44 05/26/04 Wed (addbs.dbsudeste.com.br/200.243.58.1)
They should do like they did years ago, (and some still do!), and have the children who enter photogenic stand before the judges with their photo in hand. That way the judges could see them and compare the photo to the child. Also, it would prevent people from stealing photo's of other children from the internet, claiming it's their own just to get the win! In my opinion, that would be the only way to get back to what it should be in photogenic. (NT) -- No name, 03:48:16 05/27/04 Thu (ool-44c25d97.dyn.optonline.net/68.194.93.151)