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> 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.

Hmmmm. Could it be that you look better, unretouched, than I do?

I think retouching pictures is a standard practice among portrait photographers. They have done it so long, they might not think to mention it.

But the truth is, I just went down there and posed. My wife took care of the business part of the shoot and she said she paid extra for the retouching service. She also looks better than me, unretouched, so I guess she did it for me.

Come to think of it, almost everybody looks better than . . . . . never mind.
How"can I look so old before retouching and so young afterw"ard