1) front cover closeup of a magazine is not a candid. It's a cover shot. they are always retouched
but that is not even why i think newsweek is wrong -
2) comparing it to the picture of St. Obama which looks much better.
i am not saying this because i like Pallin - it's just being fair. A huge closeup shot of a woman's face on the cover of a magazine is always retouched.
Most serious news organizations, including NEWSWEEK, have strict rules against photo manipulation. But for now fashion, women's and lifestyle publications typically honor no such code. They may not admit it outright, but it's common knowledge within the industry that retouching and thinning models and celebrities is not just standard procedure, it's expected and often demanded by publicists. "We're always stretching the models' legs and slimming their thighs," a Manhattan-based photo retoucher tells NEWSWEEK, speaking anonymously for fear of professional backlash. "Sometimes I feel a little like Frankenstein."
ok, then they should not print that photo. they should not print a picture of a woman that looks like you are an inch from her face IF they can't shoot it well. Either do as every magazine in the country and retouch blemishes (this is different from stretchign legs. It's called 'blemish remover' in photoshop. Point and click) or shoot better photos. That's what editors are paid for - to make decisions. Their decision to print an unfavorable photo is wrong.
oh, whine-whine, shriek-shriek, they didn't retouch our freaking beauty queen! did you expect any other reaction from fascist channel that Fox News is? i am suprised they even found it newsworthy. do they have NOTHING else to talk about? how about rescent court verdict about Palin? why don't they discuss that instead of unflattering photo?
you're missing the point - i did not bring it up to take sides. it's not a political thing for me, i care about photography and think they made a valid point. i don't like pallin but think she deserves a fair treatment.
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but that is not even why i think newsweek is wrong -
2) comparing it to the picture of St. Obama which looks much better.
i am not saying this because i like Pallin - it's just being fair. A huge closeup shot of a woman's face on the cover of a magazine is always retouched.
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Most serious news organizations, including NEWSWEEK, have strict rules against photo manipulation. But for now fashion, women's and lifestyle publications typically honor no such code. They may not admit it outright, but it's common knowledge within the industry that retouching and thinning models and celebrities is not just standard procedure, it's expected and often demanded by publicists. "We're always stretching the models' legs and slimming their thighs," a Manhattan-based photo retoucher tells NEWSWEEK, speaking anonymously for fear of professional backlash. "Sometimes I feel a little like Frankenstein."
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Either do as every magazine in the country and retouch blemishes (this is different from stretchign legs. It's called 'blemish remover' in photoshop. Point and click) or shoot better photos. That's what editors are paid for - to make decisions.
Their decision to print an unfavorable photo is wrong.
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i don't like pallin but think she deserves a fair treatment.
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They did not take a risk of posting them on the cover: http://www.newsweek.com/id/162396
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