Is It Real Or Is It Photoshopped?

All throughout history, even before Photoshop (believe it or not), photos have been manipulated. Here is one of the more well-known photos.  (Photo Credit Unknown)

There was a time when many people saw a picture as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth but, as you can see from this article, it just isn't true.

http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/?currentPage=3

Now that photos are digital and photo editing programs are in high demand, it's easier than ever to make a few adjustments here and a few adjustments there.  By the time a photo is "edited," you may have well over 100 layers as in some modeling pictures, anything from whitening the teeth to downsizing the waist and enhancing the breasts!

This one is for my nieces.  Don't believe the hype, ladies!  No one is born perfect but a few photo editing tricks and anyone can look it.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/time-lapse-video-shows-models-photoshop-transformation-20738180

What's my point in all of this?  Question everything!

Now that we have that out of the way, manipulating photos can be fun and your imagination, not the sky, is the limit.

Make a photo look like a painting.

 

                     Play with framing and layering.

The possibilities are limitless!  Have fun!