Beware
You know in the movies when robots or computers develop intelligence and overtake humans? Well, call me crazy but I believe Photoshop is on the verge of a massive world take over. I know this because I already feel it controlling me. When I look at people’s faces all of a sudden I realize that I am dodging catch lights into their eyes, cloning out their zit or removing the stain on their shirt. Tonight David asked me to please not Photoshop his face at dinner. (How does he know?)
To set up this shot I arranged the lights in the tree branches, and although I had them looking pretty good, the perfectionist in me reared its ugly head and decided to test what it would look like if I moved them all to the right. I totally messed them up, got frustrated, and I felt my brain automatically give the command to “undo” my action like when I click back in my history states pallet to undo an effect I don’t like on a photo. It took me a second to process the fact that I couldn’t just click a mouse and make the lights go back where they were. I was operating in real life, not in Photoshop. And that’s when I realized- Photoshop is crossing over into reality. It’s taking over my mind.
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Amy,
You are not the only one! I am Photoshopping people all the time! I’ve been removing color casts from TV shows lately; Ellen is particularly orange, and I’m thinking of letting her know! LOL
It used to be just Tivo: I want to rewind and pause my life all the time. I get so frustrated that I can’t rewind the radio or what somebody just said so I can hear it exactly.
Not to add to your suspicions.
i feel you. i dream about photoshopping away undereye circles and pimples. its a sad sad thing.
love the lights.
ha, so nice to hear I’m not the only one that has done that. and you don’t know how many times I wish I had the liquefy tool with me in real life! ha.
haha! i had to comment as your post about photoshop is hilarious! i must admit that i am guilty as well…
Well who knew this was a phenomenon?
Just the other day I was watching a man with a shadowy face and kept having the impulse to lasso an eye mask and pull up his curves a bit. :S
Love the x-mas lights!
I have had this same experience so many times. I will be baking and add too much of n ingredient and I will catch my self standing over the bowl think “ctrl+z! ctrl+z!” to bad this doesn’t work in real life.
oh good.. it isn’t JUST me who has this problem.. PHEW. LOL i drive my husband insane doing the same things… poor husbands. but hey.. they never looked so good in photos
i just found your blog through, who else, Jasmine Star’s blog.. and yours is great too..
many times i have tried to “undo” my makeup in the morning, many times… i hear you!!
Now this is a post I can relate too. I’ve been doing that for years already. When I started no one could understand what I meant when I would attempt an undo in my head!! So funny. Photoshop took over my reality years ago and I’m still going so keep holding on.
I love that you are posting so much lately–it gives me a great reason to procrastinate!
You are definitely not alone, I photoshop in my head so much that once I snap out of it I am quite disappointed with reality. I believe almost everything deserves a curves bump and some sharpening……not to mention a little TRA love. Who knows we may all be wearing some crazy contacts one day that let us see the world as we wish it would be.
Congrats on your friendship with J*…she seems like amazing person and I totally fell in love with her as a speaker in Chicago. You did an awesome job on her photos!
I couldn’t find something in my kitchen the other day, and I wanted to Google its location. It was a sad moment.
I so do this! I sometimes think over and over in my head after I’ve said something dumb, “Control Z, control Z!!!”
Yeah, i find that in my intention to “undo” reality, even my fingers (nowhere near a keyboard) will make the Cmnd + Z or Cmnd+opt+Z formation out of instinct. Kinda makes you feel crazy for about 2 seconds.
Oh thank goodness it’s not just me! I find myself looking at innocent children with an intence expression as I contemplate how I would photograph them. Problem is I’m NOT photographing them, I’m in the grocery store or in the midst of Macy’s.
I just recently found your blog and think your work is Amazing
As to the evils of Photoshop I’m being dragged into it kicking and screaming since I have always had the mindset of wanting to take my pictures right the first time. My husband is trying to break me of the habit. It helps that we shoot everything in digital though :). Looking forward to reading more posts from you.
Cheers!
Megs
HaHaHa! I am sooo happy I stumbled across your blog. I feel like we are the same person. I’m literally laughing hysterically in this coffee shop because as I go through life my brain is constantly “fixing” things in the forms of actions and tools. I keep it secret because I know most my friends would look at me with concern and start talking about mental institutions if I ever admitted it but I do it all the time. Even worse, I sometimes liquify people in my mind. Oh gosh. My secrets out. HAHAHAHAHA!
Nice to “meet” you!
-Becka
when i go to put my makeup on i wish so bad i could just photoshop my face and be on with my day.
your j.star photos were fantastic! i love the ones she took of you as well!
Oh my goodness, I could NOT stop laughing when I read this. You are so funny and your images are absolutely stunning! How in the world do you achieve such beautiful results? I love, love, love your style!
I just stumbled on your blog for the first time am cracking up at this post. I photoshop people’s faces in real life all the time!! On Thanksgiving I confessed to my cousin that I kinda hate her because I can’t photoshop her face in my head since it’s so perfect.
My husband feels my pain though - he plays so many zombie video games he finds himself thinking about picking up a car and throwing it at random strangers. hahaa TANGENT! I’m adding you to my google reader!! One day I will have the courage to start my photoblog. Until then, I am just a stalker. I love your work, thank you for the inspiration!!