How fake are pics of models/actresses

[OS]

I'd imagine that by the time they get to us plebeians, the photos that we see in magazines really don't resemble the person in question at all anymore. I remember one time looking at a book at B&N that showed before and after pictures of various media figures and the before pics basically showed that these people look normal and don't have the perfect skin tone and textures that photoshoots show. I mean I know photography and photoshop pretty well and as such, one can basically redraw/edit almost anything. Everytime I get a new month of Maxim, Stuff or Gear in the mail, I can't help but wonder if I'm really looking at a fantasy land of people that really don't exist at all in the realworld, considering all the airbrushing/lighting/photoshop work. :Q:Q

 

[GoldenBear]

How dare you not give us an example.

 

[badluck]

Dood, that's why you just need to get a little hottie of your own and stop jerking off to all those mags -- j/k --

-- they are almost all fake --

 

[OS]

<< How dare you not give us an example. >>



hahaha, get your own free subscription to maxim, gear and stuff from the HD forums They are full of examples.

 

[aceO07]

I love my free subsrcription to Stuff. Still haven't read this month's issue.

 

[Dangermouse33]

Same...free subscription

How dare you say they are not real! :|

 

[OS]

<< Dood, that's why you just need to get a little hottie of your own and stop jerking off to all those mags >>



That's the thing, I see people here posting pics of girls that a bunch of people are fawning over and I don't see it that way, I see it as an illusion.

As for getting my own little hottie, it's a long story. Don't really want to bore all of you with a stupid little story

 

[GoldenBear]

<< Dood, that's why you just need to get a little hottie of your own and stop jerking off to all those mags -- j/k --

-- they are almost all fake -- >>

I'm here to voucher they look just as good in real life than in the magazines.

 

[isildur]

Goldenbear - they may look "just as good," but I am here to tell you that there is no magazine that DOESN'T do extensive retouching of EVERY SINGLE image they publish.

Heidi, Tyra, Danielle, Laetitia, none of these stunning women escape the artist's brush.

 

[NakaNaka]

ok I still don't see pics ... this is upsetting ...

 

[jcballer1]

leon---

you anti-social b@st@rd, i will beat the hell out of you next time i see you. i have prrof right here--you like pigs and p0rn0 at the same time... maybe p0rnpig is your new hero...

STOP BEING GAY !!!

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[b0mbrman]

That's the thing, I see people here posting pics of girls that a bunch of people are fawning over and I don't see it that way, I see it as an illusion.


oh god. who cares?

 

[mdennison]

pics? I need some evidence to believe your statement.

 

[glen]

I think they do a lot.
Used to date a girl who modeled for Speigle.
She had short hair and braces in RL.
In the catalog, they airbrushed away her braces, and she wore wigs.

 

[Avalanche007]

Thats a good thesis statement Now all we need is the body!!

 

[pillage2001]

Come on man. Show the goods! :|