Make me look younger…

It will not surprise you that the most common comment we receive when pointing our cameras at people is: “can you make me look younger?”

Well, yes we can. But… Most of the time we don’t think people really mean it. It’s a light-hearted comment, an ice-breaker, and an indicator that maybe our subject isn’t too comfortable in front of the camera. Which is fine and normal. And our job is to help them relax and to get the best photograph of them as they are.

Our aim if for our photographs to be the best representation of you, as you are, in real life. We don’t airbrush to make you look like a magazine cover model. (Honestly, don’t ever compare yourself to an image you see on a magazine or billboard. It ain’t real.) You are fabulous as you are (plus we can use lighting to make sure your photos show up that fabulousness).

Which brings us to our Old Man Yells At Cloud moment: AI apps promising ‘perfect photos’ - story.

For fun, once, it might be good to play with this. But between this and the dreadful ‘improvements’ option on your phone photo app, why? You’ll end up with a record of images of yourself that aren’t you and never were. (Although, as we’ve mentioned before - all these photos on your phone probably won’t be available to you in 20 years or your future generations.)

Or maybe we’re just old and grumpy. But what do you think the point of a photographic portrait is? To capture the person or to present perfection? (Or something in-between?) Let us know in the comments…