Look Ma, No Photoshop

This week's issue People magazine makes a big fuss over the fact that ten big stars appear in their pages baring all with no makeup and no retouching. That's cool, only there are so many camera tricks involved that the photos are essentially manipulated anyway. It just goes to show you that there are plenty of ways to bend reality that don't necessarily involve Photoshop.

In a post over at the Pop Photo Flash today, I deconstruct just what makes these women look great without makeup (and no, it's not just because they're all naturally beautiful and under forty). Check the post out here, and tune into the Pop Photo Flash daily for more daily tips and fun picture-taking ideas.

Comments

[nicole]

I am getting married on July 7, 2007 on siesta key, anyone out their interested in a photo job?? Small wedding, 4 people to be exact... interested please email me! Thanks

[Jim Henderson]

Remember all world is not total PS literate!
I look forward to your writing and illustrations. I'm still learning

[Ray Medina]

Nicole, I would love to do the wedding, but I can't find your info..

[Todd]

...and of course they used B/W for many of the shots...

[Lauren MacIntosh]

At what point is the Industrie going to say enough is enough when in comes to reworking Photographs, you have had photographers in the news and its over the rules or not having rules of what makes a digital foto real or fake!
What is real and what become art and when does it become abstraction of photography: So I believe this , that until that issue is addressed it not going to get any better since everybody thinks you can do anything to a foto and still call it a foto??

[Michael griffin]

useful informative info for the photoshop illiterate

[SHUTT3R SG]

Really interesting insights...thanks for parsing this for the rest of us.