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Women Prefer Unretouched Photos Over Fake Photoshop Study Proves

Apr 1, 2014 by JP Danko 20 Comments

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You will not believe the results!

A new survey askes if women prefer how they look in unretouched, natural cell phone pictures or photos taken by a professional portrait photographer with fake Photoshop.

I support real beauty I share beautiful natural selfies not ugly photoshopped portraits

We have all seen the viral posts – studies that prove that women do not like to look like cover models.  We also know that if they use Dove soap women won’t think that they are ugly any more.

But what we wanted to find out once and for all:

Do women prefer unretouched natural cell phone pictures, or photos taken by a professional portrait photographer with fake Photoshop?

Our Real Beauty Study

We took two woman and asked them to participate in a Photoshop study (we tried to get more than two, but only two had enough inner beauty to allow us to post their unretouched selfies).

professional photographer vs selfie;

First, we asked them to look natural and took their pictures with a cell phone.

Blonde with fake photoshop retouching

Then, we had a professional portrait photographer take their pictures and transform them into someone else using fake Photoshop.

professional photographer vs selfie;

Redhead fake photoshop retouched portrait

And guess what – our study conclusively proves what we wanted to know:

Two out of two women prefer unretouched photos over fake Photoshop!

Here Is What Real Woman Had To Say!

Real women share natural unretouched selfies not fake photoshopped portraits

I look totally amazing in the photoshopped photo.  But then I remember that not all woman are as beautiful as me, and it kind of makes me embarrassed that I can look that good.  I don’t want to offend anyone with my radiant beauty.  Of course all women are beautiful, its just that some women are more beautiful than others.  I really didn’t like that they took out the bags under my eyes either.  I was up to 3 am last night making muffins for the kids’ soccer team.  I don’t know why anyone would actually prefer to not look tired.  That’s life and if you can’t deal with it, you’re probably a gross person.  I don’t mind the photoshopped photo, but that’s what I look like everyday when I wear nice clothes and makeup.  I just want to look comfortable – like in real life when I’m watching the Princess Bride in my pajamas eating a bowl of ice cream.

Real women share natural unretouched selfies, not fake photoshopped portraits!

I support real beauty I share beautiful natural selfies not ugly photoshopped portraits

I’ve been married for over 10 years and I stopped wearing makeup and started wearing track suits the day after I got married.  Now that I see how good I can look – I don’t ever want to look like that again.  What if my husband or my family saw that photo?  They might even expect me to start brushing my teeth again!  Its just disgusting how much better I look in the photoshopped photo.  It looks like I had a shower and painted over my face with fake makeup – uggg.  I have three kids, as if that is ever going to happen.  I’m just happy looking like me with as little effort as possible – like in the natural photo.

I support real beauty, I share beautiful natural selfies, not ugly photoshopped portraits!

Do You Support Real Beauty or Fake Photoshop?

Leave a comment below and let us know if you are a gross person that actually likes to look good in photos, or do you support inner beauty and real women by sharing natural selfies and using Dove soap.

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About JP Danko

JP Danko is a commercial photographer based in Toronto, Canada. JP
can change a lens mid-rappel, swap a memory card while treading water, or use a camel as a light stand.

To see more of his work please visit his studio website blurMEDIAphotography, or follow him on Twitter, 500px, Google Plus or YouTube.

JP’s photography is available for licensing at Stocksy United.

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