Happy Friday. Over at Vogue magazine, it seems the retouching crew was a little remiss with Mario Testino’s shot of Kate Moss and her daughter Lila –seems they…er…left off a few of her daughters fingers. Or worse, that her daughters fingers actually fused into her mom’s back.
So, we all know Photoshop happens. They’re in there taking out zits and making people skinnier than they really are, and taking out wrinkles and on and on. Yes, yes, we all “know” this. But is “oops, I just left off a few body parts” excusable? I don’t know where I stand on this. It’s a beautiful shot, but the sophomoric blunder isn’t lost on me.
Do YOU even care, or is it just expected that there will be some mistakes and faux pas along the way, so we should just get on with it anyway….?
(faux pas via Jezebel)
Considering how much they charge for the editing it is terrible! It shows a lack of respect to the client and in this case models too.
Considering the fine detail a shot is examined when editing in Photoshop (or, at least, shouldbe, if the user has anything about them), I don’t think this is acceptable. I feel that it’s more a case of the editing team cutting corners, feeling that the average punter won’t even notice. That’s even less acceptable, as it’s treating the reader like an idiot.
That is not excusable. I’m not a huge fan of too much Photoshop work when it comes to forming the body in new shapes, but I can live with it. But cutting off fingers or something like that is one step to much which shouldn’t happen in an professional environment.
We all make mistakes. Even Chase does…
Mistake one. Explain error and remedy.
Mistake two. Take issue.
Mistake three. Tell the person they need to find another job.
I find bad photoshop work and retouching mistakes quite amusing and often check the photoshop disasters blog for a laugh.