> > >> Anyway, when we got the picture, we looked really good. I mean reeeeeally good. I'm 72, and Willette was just days short of 70, when that picture was taken, and old folks just don't usually look that good. You don't suppose..?...
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> > On that web site Gahalyn posted, take a look around his site to where it says what he charges to retouch and airbrush photos. My guess is, if your photos had been retouched like that, your bank balance would know it.
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> I'll have to look at that when I get home. This computer doesn't seem to get around to loading it.
> But the guy who shot that picture wasn't cheap. He charged about ten times what we paid for the original wedding pictures. I checked with the financial department, and she said he charged extra for "retouching," whatever that means. Boy am I glad both of our daughters are already married!
> Howard

Gee... I think I'd get really mad if my photographer "retouched" my pictures without letting me know, just as an automatic part of the service. Would it not occur to them that I might want pictures of *me,* not some idealized version with all the "flaws" removed? Bah.