There is a high end photographer in my area that does mostly portrait work. He has his own 3 acre outdoor studio along with his inside studio. I was talking to someone who had their family portrait done by him. He is meticulous about posing and such and very good at it. However, much like you just showed, he is quite heavy handed on skin alterations. The guy was telling me that when they got the large picture, his wife was very happy with it. He, however, was quite dissapointed because he felt that it wasn't really him in the picture. It was some other guy with more than perfect skin, looking much younger. This guy felt that the picture was a lie.
So, there is quite a number of people who are looking for portrait work where the image somewhat resembles them, but makes them look significantly better (and fake). I don't get much of their business and they would probably be dissapointed with my results. Takes all kinds, I guess. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, August 1, 2005, 8:49:16 AM, you wrote: SB> http://beckycarter.com/color.html SB> This is absurd! SB> Shel
