3 Ways Photos Are Tampered With In Big Magazines

The media has undergone a lot of negative attention for it's unrealistic portrayal of female beauty. We know that young girls everywhere try to look like what they see on the covers of magazines and that it's just not possible. But do you know exactly why it's not possible? Next time you're feeling insecure about your looks, it will probably bring you comfort to know that rarely does a photo make it onto a magazine cover without undergoing these changes:

The right clothes

First of all, not all celebrities or models are size zero. Their stylists know exactly what cuts, shapes, colors and styles to put on them to make their wastes look small, to cover up that chub on their arms, to make their breasts look bigger and their legs look longer. It's very common that they choose outfits too large for the models to make the models appear slimmer. If you buy the proper clothes, you can look like a size zero (or at least a very small one) as well. In addition, often those clothes are pinned in the back in ways that we can't see, to squeeze the celeb's stomach in. Or, a skirt or dress isn't zipped all the way in the back because the celeb didn't fit in. Things are often not as perfect as they look and behind the scenes look downright silly.

Makeup

With great makeup, which celebs obviously get, your nose can look smaller, your cheekbones higher, your lips larger, your skin smoother, and you, like someone else. My friend, a famous voice coach and vocalist, did a photo shoot for a music magazine and when she saw the photos said, "Who is THAT?!" because the makeup artists had tampered with her nose so much. "I just want people to know that I can help them learn to sing," my friend said. "It makes no difference to me whether or not the readers think I'm a looker. I just want them to want to take singing lessons from me."

Airbrushing

And, of course, the infamous art of airbrushing. Anything clothes and makeup can't do, airbrushing can take care of. It makes you wonder why agencies are even selective about who they choose as models these days. They may as well just snag a female walking down the street, take a couple pictures of her, and work their magic on the computers to make her look like someone else. The honest miss Kate Winslet pointed out the matter of airbrushing to the public some years back when her images was on the cover of a big magazine. She realized that her legs had been photoshopped to appear much thinner than they are in real life, and since she strongly dislikes the idea of girls trying to look like something that just doesn't exist, she had that magazine publish her words saying she didn't really look like that.

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Vera Esther is a healthy living, dating and luxury lifestyle writer. She has blogged about everything from organic wine tasting to how to tell if your first date is controlling and even innovative ways to pursue hobbies like learning how to sing online with sites like http://www.bristowvoicemethod.com

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