tired, cranky self portrait
I don't have Photoshop and I'm not all that computer savvy anyway. I don't take that many pictures, but a little swish of hydrogen peroxide every now and then before pictures make my teeth look better.
All the wrinkles and bulges are mine. I'm 44. I've earned them. :-P
So, what say you? Photoshop til you drop or keep it real?
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I've got Picassa, because I'm too cheap to buy Photoshop. Most of my editing involves cropping, lighting and that sort of stuff. A few times I've edited out blemishes and other similar non-permanent imperfections that I knew people were self-conscious about. Never even thought about trying to erase wrinkles and bulges.
The way I figure, if I'm going to spend that kind of time and money on making myself look better, it might as well be in real life!
I like to "creatively crop" photos, or maybe change to b/w or sepia. I don't go overboard, though! ;)
That would take too much time and energy to photoshop out my wrinkles and bulges. What you see is what I've got!
This girl keeps it real!
I don't share publicly many of my self portraits… and the ones I do share I alter a bit but not with Photoshop that I don't even own. I use picmonkey.com or Instagram...
No photoshopping for me, I keep it real. Mainly because the people looking at my photos also see the real me up close and personal so they know what I look like.
Hi stacy, popping over from 2 peas, I have paintshop x2 & as much as I love I still have a lot to learn I don't usually tweek at my photo's either only sometimes hehe, I don't think your photo is bad, I prefer natural photo's anyway.
No photoshop here, I don't want people to be confused when they see me I person! lol
I've had a 'great' shot of me smiling with a smudge of lipstick on my teeth...photoshopped that :)
First, I DO NOT see any wrinkles. But back to your question. Nope, no photoshop for me. I am picky about which pictures I post but I don't alter them at all.
I keep it legit in photographs.
That would imply that I ever took any pictures of myself!!!!! I don't mind some mild photoshopping - I figure it's not so much different than softening the focus or taking the picture in a more flattering light. That said, I think it's easy to go overboard.
I photoshop every single photo- just not my face. I am pretty advanced with editing but I still feel cleaning up to much makes me look fake. When my daughter was younger I would clear up her dark eye circles since I wanted a perfect photo but I realized this was sending a message to her future self that the circles (something my family shares due to very delicate skin) is a flaw to be ashamed of and I stopped. If I feel I look huge in a photo I choose another- that's the extent of my editing now. I'll never understand people who completely change their portraits- were going to meet you sooner or later at a crop or at CHA (or see your real self on a friend's tagged photo in Facebook) might as well keep it real. :)
I've whitened teeth and blotted out zits on various faces. Heck, I've even added fangs!!!
I love Photoshop, but the wrinkles and the love handles are mine... the other stuff are aberrations and therefore, I don't feel guilty making things prettier.
I love Photoshop Elements. It's cheaper than Photoshop and easier to use. I mainly use it on my craft project photos. I have used it to spruce up family photos too. It's great for fixing lighting problems, glares, or other things on the photo. It makes my blog photos look great too.
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