Mad Photo Assistant

https://madphotoassistant.wordpress.com



This blog is the inner thoughts of a photographers assistant who also has interests in retouching, she shares her experiences in the industry and some advice for people who are wanting to start or just starting.

I like the way she talks about her experiences as she does not glamourise anything however if I was to do a blog in this way I would keep myself anonymous as I feel that if potential clients or companies found the blog it would have negative consequences and I would not be hired.

In one of her blog posts she shows us an original image, her retouched image and then the final outcome that was posted. The client had asked her to keep the model realistic however when she had done this they rejected her image and got it redone with another person. The two final outcomes are completely different and I feel the clients approved image does not represent a realistic person or location however in the advertising genre photographs are not about showing realism but showing a fantastical world that still borders on realism so consumers feel their reality could be that of the advert if they had that product.