Shy model!

Thanks for modelling Vera. That's a great portrait of you. In my opinion, the use of photoshop, etc, can go too far. I like to see the person AS THEY ARE (sorry for shouting). I hope you continue to model.

Regards

The picture has charm which ever way you present it - and that's because Vera is charming. You got in close despite her shyness - and that says a lot for your skills Ken. The second image is just super - what a lovely natural smile you have Vera.
David

Nothing looks worse in a magazine than a beautiful woman whose face has been so flattened the skin looks like plastic. People have blemishes and that's what makes them who they are. You are a very beautiful young woman Vera be proud of that.

Much better second effort showing Vera's true prettiness without onscuring her bubbly personality.

I agree that air-brushed, plastic skin looks awful and fools nobody, but spots and other skin defects are often temporary and may be legitimately removed. Moles and lines caused by the march of time are another matter...

i have a tiny mole under my eye......

My lovely grandmother used to refer to these as "beauty spots". In the past fashionable women used to apply fake ones with mascara, or some such stuff!

thats ok then

Perfectly natural photographs of an attractive young lady, I really like them, thanks for sharing.

Whilst on the subject ... LINK

sounds like some one making a mountain out of a mole hill, enter left "Blame Direct"

Hmm. I can understand why the parents would rather the birth mark be left in, but I don't understand their 'outrage' at the photographer's mistake. Request an unaltered print and move on! Why all the hysteria, who does it benefit?!

OTOH if that's a faithful reproduction of the photo, I would be pretty unhappy anyway. But presumably the photographic shortcomings would have been visible from the samples the parents viewed and they went ahead with the order so...

Got it in one Stan. To quote Alan Partridge - 'This country'....

A lot of people these days could do with a bit of anger management therapy.

It's 'shoot first, ask questions later' more often than not.

The slightest hint of anything that can be interpreted as offensive, and the standard response seems to be righteous indignation, coupled with a generous measure of getting one's retaliation in first.

Not just in the Daily Mail either.

Where did this supposed right not to be offended come from, anyway?

I think the photographer taking the shots has the final say on how it is processed. They are making an image and unless you are taking an "eyewitness" approach then really there are no rules to adhere to.

People have very strong views on post processing- almost to the degree where there is a moral element.

Not for me I'm afraid, no limits, do what you want , it's your image.

For me it is no different to painting in this respect.

Vera- you are very photogenic with or without a few teenage pimples- I dont think any of the versions photos strip you of any kind of dignity or character- the second photo is a gem.

We're straying from the OP's image, this would have been much better as a separate subject in General Chat. Mixing subjects often causes argument in itself.