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The point trying to be proved is that photographers don't share or expose pictures that portray the truth of the person/object being captured. If you think about it, photography is a hobby that is intended to make pictures look nothing like they do in real life. This photo shows the process a wedding photographer makes in attempt to make the bride come across as angelic.

When you compare the two, the first looks like a picture that could have been taken with an 8 megapixel camera. In the last photo, the bride doesn't even look remotely real. It is obvious that she is airbrushed. As the pictures progress, we can see that the first contains shadows. In the second, these shadows as well as some blemishes on her face begin to disappear. By the third photo, all shadows have been removed and if you look closely, what seems to be a mole at the top right of her mouth, has been removed.

In my opinion, photography's only purpose should be to enhance the quality of a photo. Every other factor beside that is used to make the object or person look fake. This also leads to the social issue that women and young girls have this idea or picture in their heads of what beauty is supposed to look like, due to photos such as this one. A lot of times, people forget all of the editing that goes into these photos and should remember that the edited version of a photo is never the real version.