Photo shopping
There seems to be one or two of you here that think that not All photo's go through a photo-studio. They Do!!
Lets just take one example for a moment, a profile with maybe 4 or 5 photo's attached, it could be that 3 of those photo's were taken at the agency studio, or by the agency elsewhere, ...say a local park or other green area. The other two photo's on the profile, have been supplied by the lady herself.
The scenario from this point is that all 5 photo's are looked at by the agency photo-studio, (this is the normal course before any photo gets attached to a profile) it is basically they, who decide what these photo's need (in there opinion) and they will decide how much alteration or enhancement, each of the selected photo's require. Now it may mean that possibly one may not need anything at all, while the others will have varying degrees of enhancement. Once the studio is happy with the results the photo's are set, and handed back to the agency for inclusion in the ladies profile. So, ''All'' of the photo's go through the agency photo-studio!!
Now all this is quite normal and an everyday thing for the Chinese, they think nothing of having photo's photoshopped. Probably every photo that they have mounted in family photo albums have been photoshopped, from chosen photo's of when they were babies up until the present. It's how the Chinese like to see themselves, ....at there best!!, even if they don't quit look like that person in the photo, ''they'' think that they DO!!
We as Westerners, don't see it that way, ...we want to see natural photo's and a lot of the ladies often wonder why, ...They are thinking, ...why doesn't he want to see me at my best?? The agencies know by now, that the Western men want to see natural photo's, but now, ...they are afraid that the natural photo's don't show there ladies at there best, and become reluctant to send on these natural photo's, and normally you only get to receive them after a struggle. Some of the guys are pleased with these photo's while others see a big difference between the profile and natural photo's, ...most will see a some difference!!
OK, i think I've explained the process fairly accurately here, a lot of this has been explained to me, and or confirmed by Lucy, as being correct. Now if you disagree with what I've written, fine your free like all of us here to have your own ideas on agency photoshopping. I'm not condoning the above process, far from it, i agree with everyone here that the guys should know, what the lady they are writing too, looks like in reality not ''enhanced pixel'' reality!!.... I don't think i need to write anymore on this subject, i think by this and the other posts I've posted on this thread fully explains my beliefs views and opinions....
David.....