At what point does doctoring a photo become dishonest or unethical?
Photoshop has been tricking people for about a decade now. It tricks men online who go crazy over the women online. It tricks models into hiring bad photographers who have to spend hours on photoshop to give you one nice photo, and not a disk full like they had hoped for. And that’s IF the photographer actually did his own photoshop work…. Photoshop tricks the general public into having false misconceptions of the female body image.
The other day I tweeted this photo of myself from 6 months ago:
@KissyDenise No Photo Shop
A male follower tweeted me back:
“Will you stop posting these ugly ass photos. Your belly is hanging all over the sink.”
I’ve lost a lot of weight since then… I laughed and thought the guy must be a retard cause he said I was ugly. Which made me not take him too seriously. But if I look at the photo it does appear that my belly is hanging over the sink.
Now it could of been the shirt, it could of been my belly was pushed out and I forgot to suck it in. It didn’t bother me.
I have photoshop and I could of easily liquified the photo to smoothen out the shirt before I posted it. But I really did not care. I have long since gotten over trying to be and look perfect. It is what it is. I accept myself the way that I am. But it goes to show you what type of pressure a woman is under to be perfect.
Who wants to have people verbally tearing your photos apart?
- Liquified Photo
I came across this photo done by @facetstudio. This has got to be one of the worst/best manipulations of photoshop I have ever seen in my life. Clearly it shows you just how much you can do with Photoshop. Photoshop can turn a ugly chick into a badd bish in one hour flat!
Now I see no problem with this photographer using photoshop to this extent because he does take very good photos and he can make any chick look like a model. Back when I was modeling that is the end photo that I wanted to see. A perfect one. Facetstudio is worth his money.
The problem comes on the other end when this chick decides to start posting twitpics of herself. Some guy is going to be pissed off when he shows up for that date..
For reference I decided to post one of my photoshopped photos. The camera and flash already improved my look and then the photoshop put another layer of icing on it. As you can see photoshop made my skin glow more. This is the original use of photoshop.
KissyDenise Before and After Photoshop
Photoshop takes away a little bit of your soul. It’s steals just a little bit of your identity. It makes you have less flaws. Unfortunately with every upgrade you can do more and more unreal things with it. Photoshop will send a chick to the moon and gives a man his dream chick twitpic after twitpic. It’s very unrealistic.
I just want to say that most of these photos that you see online and in magazines are photoshopped. These people do not look like that in person. These images need to be photoshopped so that the world has nice things to look at.
People need fantasy. But please by all means stop comparing the woman you have at home to these women in magazines. Beyonce gets airbrushing too! Women should not get too caught up in those photoshopped images they have of themselves. It’s not real.
I remember meeting this one model Tiara4Ever in person and I had seen her pics online. She had some extreme curves. Naturally I figured that her photos were liquified. Nope. That chick actually looks like that in person. Those curves are 100% real. No editing or amplifications needed.
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When the photo is KISSY DENISE AND THE ACTUALITY IS PRECIOUS…..
Um you said “tricked”….excuse me, lol)))))))
lol)))) whew Kissy, thanks! You are my girl! LOL))))
wow damm.
wow damm.
when u think u’v arranged a potential date unbeknownst to u that u were actually hitting on a “dwarf”..now that’s dishonest!
When you believe that’s how u look for real lol #2timelosin
I Bet Alot of Photos on Facebook Are Not Updated To The Current Year & When A Person Hide Behinds Other Pixs, etc. Makes Me Wonder…
This is wrong. I myself like to play with photographs for fun or because I’m bored lol. ..but there is a limit.
omg seriously the first photo she could have achieved that in person… pluck her eyebrows..start a skin regime… i don’t photo shop but changing the lightening or “editing” of your picture isn’t a crime.. if your changing your body size then it is a lie.. but most of these things like putting make up should be done before taking the picture.
When a homo sexual man uses bad model chick for profile pic…..smfh
Its ok to remove the red eye but other than that its too much.
@rico….EXMUTHAPHUKINACTLY!!!
This is very good info!! I was just talking about this with a graphic designer yesterday on mess like this. Now I see it & believe it. I was worried bout nothing until I read kissys blog. Makes me feel even more blessed with my flaws. Can’t get caught up with the wrong photographer, that’s 4 sure. It’s very unethical when u have 2 go through all that just 2 look a certain way. But of course everyone is not going to agree on that. Must mean the photographer & the model are very insecure bout each others work. But my opinion
Wow that was enlightening! I like you better in person and flawed…..IJS
It’s f’d up when you use the old picture before the 5 kids that you had back in the 11th grade of HS when you were probably 100 lbs lighter.
Lmbo @Anthony
LMAO..
Really? Lol
Them ain’t yo TIDDYS……those be photo shopped TIDDYS…..i am a TIDDY master……hell i still breast feed…..
i want too see the real kissy, not photoshop kissy
makes a man fall in love with a fake… ah… so I heard…lol
It just goes to show how thirsty dudes are. Folks should be net savvy enough to know the tricks, but a sucker is born everyday, so the pickings are mighty out here. Being a graphics man all I’ll say is this, the liquify filter, burn, blur, dodge, smudge tools have been a blessing for many a patient..I mean person…
you don’t say….
That why you shouldn’t go looking for women over the internet. In cyberspace you can be whatever you want to be….kind of like the American dream but completely different.
People actually go to that length to get attention WOW!!!!!
Patient.. lmao at TYWON
But make up gives the same effect in reality. So it’s not all that different. You got the weaves, lashes, makeup, boob, cellulite removal…etc. The doctors are artist in their own right.
Tywon I’m not following you? If you don’t personally know the person then how do you know whats real or fake?
it depends, sometimes people over with photoshop, like change skin color, eyes color, to me its bad and Yes DEVILl
is that you in that picture~~if so I asked a while back are those yourrs~~smile~~
When you change who you “really” are/
Continue 2 be you kissy!! U only getting ahead, what they don’t no.
Lame! Its more of an enhancement..its not bad
People do it all the time for good reason but when it comes down to dating I call it foolish because eventually I would have to see the real person so rather embarrass yourself in front of me then seeing the real person on a picture would be a better move….well for them at least lmfaooo
Lol@dude calling her ugly
Ok I read the article that u posted and u just enhanced the picture with the color effect not remove or add something. Its fine in that case, however it seems like some people take it to another level! U look good anyway and u don’t need to photo shop anything anyway!
mmmmm i need it :*
I’ve been on the photoshop diet for years ….lol…. why workout when a few mins on the computer can take 3 dress sizes off …lol… I love seeing the black men or smooth untouched photos. Like dude really thing you can have a 45 in ass with no stretch marks or cellulite….giggle……
I May Rock Weave Hard Body..But I’m Not Photo Shopping A Thing..If A Person Doesn’t Like My Lil Tummy I Have..They Can Keep Moving.
dude must of bump his head talking bout ur belly lol
@Leonard unless a person has just gotten hip to social media sites since FB has taken off, there’s no excuse not to know by now that folks are using PS and other programs to touch up pics. So it shouldn’t be a shocker when a person looks entirely different. If an adult is telling me that they don’t know that the modeling industry is about image and illusions, god bless them.
Insecure ppl only PhotoShop if u are ashamed of your body do something about it eat more healthy food, jog or take a walk stop eating in the middle of the night. You don’t have 2 spend hours in the gym to get the body you want. The little things u do does count
I’ve work with Photoshop for sometime and I have to say these are afraid to show themselves for who they are. You don’t see me changing my picture profile by adding some PS make-up cuz I love my ugly self. LOL
Kissy, how come you can call other females ugly but you get upset if someone else has the same opinion about you – to the point of writing an entire blog post about it? You know I like you and your advice, but you are coming across as a little vain and hypocritical in the posts where you basically rant about people who suck because they don’t think you’re pretty. There’s tons of people who don’t think I’m pretty, but I generally don’t respond to it – and you certainly won’t catch me devoting a blog post to it. I am just wondering.
I guess what I’m trying to get at is that I hope you start focusing more on your substance and stop worrying so much about what people think about your countenance. It’s kind of a drag, because this is the second “So-and-so-was-hating-on-me” post I’ve read of yours today. You have a lot of substance and a lot of sound advice, but this stuff kind of kills it. Posting pics of yourself is naturally going to draw negative energy, so I think you should either accept it, roll with it, and ignore the haters… or just stop posting so many pictures of yourself.
i dont think there is a problem with photoshop unless it just creates a drastic difference….photoshop can enhance and not necessarily “take away” from the beauty of the real thing and thats on any type of photo….people, nature, objects…etc….or it can be deliberately misleading to change the subject to appear to be something it isn’t
Now we’ve all seen “THAT ASS” (lol)…that ONE ASS, where you look at it and say hell no, no way, it ain’t HER’S..Its Ms. PHOTOSHOP!
[...] was written in response to my Photoshop BLog [...]
Dishonesty wasn’t invented in silicon valley. Silicon Valley just makes it easier. It’s only a matter of time before the jig is up with dishonest people.
that’s a hot picture of a yummy woman fool did ‘nt know what he was talkin’ ’bout1
I wish for a woman like you Kissy Denise! Only a fool would call you ugly!:-)
Morning Kissy i read your blog & you are gorgeous. People are so insensitive. Some men are shallow like that because they are used to the barbie looking chicks & think that’s realistic lol little do they know huh? The point is women don’t want that pressure to fit into a criterion.. Society has made it about image but the perception of image is distorted.. Around my way i come in contact with a few celebrities & they look nothing like they do on TV guess what? They were all male lol.
wow is this page real cause i find is suspect all these white russians and europeans are on it makes me wonder what is up lol…
Kissy, the Beautiful women in the world have haters- people That call them horrible names..don’t like their fame…jealous of a name. Beauty is only skin deep anyway! If You’re Beautiful inside (I get that you are), you are beautiful outside. NO matter what you l©©k like! Don’t even give recognition to these people. Do you low most celebs etc don’t even read blogs, opting to ignore it, what you don’t know- can’t possibly hurt.. although I know for You that would be next to impossible – since you yourself is a blogger! Know your beauty inside an out! Once you have, no one can steal it (confidence, self assurance, love).
BTW ~ I look different in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY pictures! LOL not called Photoshop, rather Most women look different from a mired of different things… and yes makeup turns a Beautiful painting into a Picasso. However, many women ( as in your picture), look perfectly fine w out makeup. Myself included. I wear very little anyway. The point is we all look different depending on whatever is going on w us, our life, our bodies, sleep, stress, weight loss, weight gain- ALL contribute to this. Now I know for a fact Photoshop does happen, not w everyone . One
can clearly see you are a very pretty lady! #nohomo
I think this is a Great article, because people (especially young girls an women), need to see and know that a lot of beautiful people have some flaws! Personally I don’t like Photoshop! Let the world see your true beauty! Maybe the occasional magazine cover etc other than That. Particularly everyday pics should be left alone. I haven’t done this to any of my pics! My profile pic – is taking in my bathroom (basement bathroom), Cause it has better lighting. But I had VERY little makeup on. And
its one of my favorites!
Morning kissy. *yawn Photoshop again? Ok, we all know that Photoshop can use for good like making web pages, creative design, etc. But lately, people been afraid to show an image of the real them. Why? Fear of rejection; a common feeling in today’s society when it comes to dating and socializing. We lightening our skin to give a stunning look, we change the color of ours eyes to appeal just to everybody, but what we’re really doing is lying to myself. Would a woman want to date a man with a picture of his 18 year old self but turns out to be 36 and she asks why? The answer is no. Some people are dishonest if they are afraid of showing their true identity. Let me tell everyone by saying this. God made you and in his eyes you are unique, you are beautiful.you are handsome, and most of all you are perfect the way you are so you don’t need botox, plastic surgery, breast enlargement or male enhancement. Just be you because there is one of them and one of you.
Kissy how do we know that’s you looking beautiful in all these pic???? Anyway the pic you put up in this is one of my favorites. The guy that got mad and said your were ugly should get mad because he is fooled constantly. Good article and post!
Love ur topics Kissy, its really usfeul and awesome <3
Thank You ahmed
Not a surprise, unfortunately: men are lied to through their eyes; women are lied to through their ears.
Women to
oooooo photoshop me! I have droopy boobs! No I really think this is an issue. Our youngins are going around thinking this is supposed to be the norm! Little girls are already having body issues because of what they see in the media. This is a shame. I love my flaws
All you need is the correct software and you got it.
What is the photoshop??
this is all at face value…u could have a computer moniter as your face…then what…with no modification…
wow Kissy, this is an eye opener. thanks. it serves these men right.pretty ladies are at the tip of their noses but they rather like photoshop.
This girl went hard with the photoshop! she looks like a whole new person.. Ugly azz! http://bit.ly/o6vXP1
This girl went hard with the photoshop! she looks like a whole new person.. Ugly azz! http://bit.ly/o6vXP1
This girl went hard with the photoshop! she looks like a whole new person.. Ugly azz! http://bit.ly/o6vXP1
This girl went hard with the photoshop! she looks like a whole new person.. Ugly azz! http://bit.ly/o6vXP1
SHOTS FIRED! PHOTOSHOP is a tool for ugly people.. They use it to trick men. http://bit.ly/oTPLSR
SHOTS FIRED! PHOTOSHOP is a tool for ugly people.. They use it to trick men. http://bit.ly/oTPLSR
SHOTS FIRED! PHOTOSHOP is a tool for ugly people.. They use it to trick men. http://bit.ly/oTPLSR
SHOTS FIRED! PHOTOSHOP is a tool for ugly people.. They use it to trick men. http://bit.ly/oTPLSR
Its sad when a women feels she needs to alter herself to look like something she’s not…some ladies need to know their beautiful the way the are
Photoshop is only one tool. Trick lighting and placement are also common.
yeah that lightning, the camera lens and tben photoshop on top of that Odo
U look absolutely scrumptious in this pic!!
shh.I wont tell anyone.
Thanks Scotty
Just tell the jerk you didn’t take the shot for his unappreciative butt! Nice pic.
I Hardly Ever Wear Make-Up… But, Thank God For It.
Are you serious, his eyes got past your bust so he could comment on your stomach. I swear some people. If I ever meet you in person and you look like that, I am letting you know right now that I won’t EVER (smokey from Friday) Evah Evah Evah look you in the face/eyes.
wow….
The mature side of me would say wow Kissy you look natural and very attractive in that random cell pic you took of yourself! The fun loving kid in me would have no choice but to say “Pretty lady may I Please motorboat THOSE!!!
I don't believe in photo shop. I never have had any photo's of mine touched. What you see is what you get! If make-up and lighting don't take care of my many flaws "oh well! I don't want to deceive anyone ever. Many that have met me say I look better in person than my photo's. I find hard to believe. I am far from perfect and I want the REAL me seen as I really look. http://www.exotic-princ-s.net
Princ-s
Good To Know I’ll Start Touching Up My Photos When It Get When I Start Getting OLDER…
that’s the beauty of photoshop.
You mean I have that option . But what do I do when I finally meet that person . ( lol )
I didn’t post the article.. the article was on page one.. I just posted the photo galley
I think I’m going to do a photoshop.
You don’t need it
@Prima and Lakeisha no need for it you have natural beauty.
@ Jessy, thanks. You are beautiful sista as well. I wouldn’t mind playing with photoshop just see how it turn out.
I say go for it! Do it for fun
@Jessy Santiago ~ Thank You & Your A Beautiful Sista As Well…
lol dem idiat
awe. You Ladies are so sweet!! Love the sisterly love!!
No photoshop here…this is the real deal!
I took a photoshop class. It’s so easy to spot now, I used it for fun things though, pics of me and cartoon characters, or collages. Never even crossed my mind to enhance my photos. lol
I Think she is all natural she’s not showing much just the koochie hairs I will have to get a close up,oh yeah baby..
seems to me that is what men of the world want… a man of Christ wants the real deal lol SMH.
seems to me that is what men of the world want… a man of Christ wants the real deal lol SMH.
” All I say iz …… Photoshop my money, and let me trick these females !!!! Haha !!! “
Lmmfao
Nice drop Kissy Denise I must admit, as long as I’ve been editing photos I’ve *NEVER* doctor’d it that much where its fooling the clients. Thanks for sharing this.
Nice drop Kissy Denise I must admit, as long as I’ve been editing photos I’ve *NEVER* doctor’d it that much where its fooling the clients. Thanks for sharing this.
Lol they ain’t trickn me they trickn they self
I guess it serves these men right. . . .i mean, don’t they see nice natural women around? But they always want fantasy!
If your in front of the camara or a model then photoshop is acceptable if your not don’t use,it’s very misleading and causes a possible mate to think what else are you covering up..
uh…i dont see a big diff…kiss
When I Get 75 I’m Going To Photoshop My Pixs To 25 Years…LOL
a little of that, a little cosmetic help, a little bit of just lettuce & fruit and … new face..10/1/11
:O shocking
:O shocking