Photoshop... Do you use it? Your thoughts?

Dec 3, 2013

Jess O.

What are your thoughts of photo shop? I find a lot of pictures on here are all photo shopped even though there's perfect makeup done on the people in the pictures, what are you thoughts? Do you use photo shop? If so why? Does it make you feel more comfortable? I'm really interested about this topic!

Dec 3, 2013

Miranda G.

I personally dnt in my opinion why fix or hide your natural beauty and urself??

Dec 3, 2013

Cass F.

I'd love to see eye photos without photoshop or filters to see how much more practice I need... I've never used photoshop. I love to see the raw makeup finished product

Dec 3, 2013

Bluerose B.

I hardly ever photo shop my pictures. I'll put them in frames but I wouldn't change the actual picture. Maybe if the flash caused me to have red eye then maybe xD.

Dec 3, 2013

Emily W.

I use it to correct for errors in the photo: exposure, contrast, hue, vibrance, etc. Maybe if I have a cold sore or something I will take that out of the picture, because it is icky and has nothing to do with the makeup. I don't airbrush or anything like that.

A lot of makeup photos are photoshopped because generally the image itself is regarded more than the actual application. This is particularly true in marketing; no one wants to buy eye shadow if the model has a huge zit- even though it doesn't make a difference in how the eye shadow looks or applies. A lot of people in the makeup community touch-up photos for the same reason: it's hard to look at a great makeup if Mt. Vesuvius is popping up on someone's cheek (regardless if they did a great job with the rest of the makeup).

I don't think it is wrong or necessarily fake to retouch makeup photos; unless it is drastically altering the appearance of the makeup (color, opacity, blending, shape, etc), which at that point is a photo-manipulation not a photograph (and should be presented as such). Sometimes I see people on this site that are a little heavy-handed when editing, but I think that stems from inexperience with the software and not knowing quite when to stop. :)

Dec 3, 2013

Mistreece L.

I may put a frame here and there or change my pic to blknwhite but I think people use it all for good fun. If youre drastically changing your picture everytime...hmmm youre really only fooling yourself because we can tell obviously. Some people want the look of the magazines which isnt "real" either. 9 out of 10 times a "natural" pic is just as gorgeous if not better.

Dec 3, 2013

Tori G.

I totally agree with Emily!

Dec 3, 2013

Caitlin M.

I definitely agree with Emily. I take most of my pictures on my phone so I usually just use the photo editing that's pre-installed because its easy and its very basic so I can't alter the makeup too much. But sometimes it does make it look completely different so I'll leave it off completely. But pretty much everything Emily said is how I feel about it. Taking things out that have nothing to do with the makeup is fine but when it completely changes the image it's no longer accurately depicting how the makeup looks.

Dec 3, 2013

Jess O.

Interesting girls, I was mainly talking about airbrushed photos cause I don't really classify phone filters as Photoshop even though some do? I'm talking about that plastic doll-like look :)

Dec 3, 2013

Emily W.

I was talking about real Photoshop in my previous comment. I don't airbrush, but I understand why people do. There's a fine line between airbrushed realism (flawless, but still realistically textured) and heavy-handed artistic airbrushing (the plastic look). I don't mind either, as long as they serve different purposes. Realistic airbrush/retouching creates a "better" photograph by creating an ideal composition and allows the viewer to focus on the makeup artistry rather than the model's little flaws. Artistic airbrushing and photo manipulation can create a wonderful work of digital art, that isn't meant to represent any kind of realistic makeup application. I only take issue when someone misrepresents digital art as reality.

Dec 4, 2013

Jess O.

Very true Emily :)

Dec 4, 2013

Rebecca B.

I'm in college doing graphic design so I'm around photoshop a lot. I think a little bit of photoshopping is fine to correct lighting or a blemish but it gets too much when features are distorted. I don't use photoshop on pictures on myself as I use it so much every day it'd be a chore! I don't like when makeup pictures are so photoshopped that the skin is blurred and nothing looks real.

Dec 6, 2013

Holly C.

I think it's fine as long as it doesn't compromise the makeup application. I think it's wrong when the girls use it to correct their makeup and make others believe that they did it by themselves.