"Staple It Together!"

While sitting at my desk editing photos, I got a little bogged down with all the technical requests for changes, like ya know- just reconstructing a fake ceiling, making someone skinny, younger, and other minor details ;). Ironically enough, the next thing I'm hearing from my shuffle set on iTunes is "Staple It Together" by Jack Johnson. This song was precicely perfect listening to while editing with photoshop and I just couldn't resist playing a game of "Now ya see it, now ya don't" with you to see if you notice the reconstructs and other changes!

At the end of the day, it was decided that photoshop is the cheapest lipo-suction procedure you can get and that approximately 92% of photos on display have a lots 'imperfections' removed before you see them. Truely that's the 'beauty of marketing' and this post is just a reminder to not take every photo you look at at face value, but with an extra grain of salt. And while we appreciate the concepts images contribute to and their ability to add impact, we also have to remember that nothing is as genuine or breathtaking as keeping it real and being yourself in-person instead of some 'now ya see it, now ya don't image'!

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