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adiemus · 12-30-2007, 09:44 PM

Belly dance police department is really going well - go Shanazel!!

Yshka · 12-30-2007, 11:00 PM

*backs up to let Shanazel through... you go girl!!!

Oh my, If I'd known that, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to loose weight.

That is sick!!! What's next? Breast-enlargement function? I'm going with what Adiemus said, I'm perfectly fine like this and so are you girls! Now please stand back and let Miss Shanazel do her job!

P.s. Janaki that pic is the best!!

Shanazel · 12-31-2007, 03:46 AM

Janaki, I love the picture. It is my new screen saver. Now I need to come up with a dance worthy of my new prop. Maybe a fusion of cane and sword dancing? It would have to be very spearited, of course. Since you are in Hong Kong, you might not know that Skinny Cow is a real name brand in the US!

Mariyam, your muffin top is very pretty.

PriscillaAdum · 12-31-2007, 04:29 AM

What an intriguing notion. Do they have one that can do a face lift too?

Regards
Priscilla

janaki · 12-31-2007, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shanazel

Janaki, I love the picture. It is my new screen saver. Now I need to come up with a dance worthy of my new prop. Maybe a fusion of cane and sword dancing? It would have to be very spearited, of course. Since you are in Hong Kong, you might not know that Skinny Cow is a real name brand in the US!

Mariyam, your muffin top is very pretty.

You don't know how much I laughed when I created that pic!!LOL. Yes, I do know the skinny cow ice cream sandwitches. I spent a quite a bit of time in Washington DC, New York, LA and South Carolina. Lot of my family memebers live there. One of cousins is addicted to those low fat ones.

MeganJane · 01-01-2008, 06:47 AM

[quote=Yshka;58457]That is sick!!! What's next? Breast-enlargement function?[quote]

That's hilarious!

Maybe they should just create a camera that just replaces the photo of a subject with a picture of a celebrity or model

Reen.Blom · 01-01-2008, 07:27 PM

This is actually hilarious!

Zurah · 01-20-2008, 02:24 PM

Bombshells with brains - curvy women study results |Style Thing!|FocusOnStyle.com

I found this the other day on the internet, and I was reminded of this discussion. To be honest, I'm really doubtful about this (I have this body shape and I know better), but isn't it nice to read things like these for a change? (Take that HP skinny-cam!)

Farasha Hanem · 01-24-2008, 08:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brea

Check this one out, all. I just have no words.

The HP Diet Plan: Buy our cameras - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

Wha???

Oh, for crying out loud...

Makes me want to go to work, go back to the photo lab and to my own department, and kick every freakin' HP product we sell...*starts kicking her son's HP computer in protest*

Aziyade · 01-24-2008, 03:49 PM

You know, I"m going to play devil's advocate here for a minute:

In a weird way, this might be GOOD for the public.

Advertising photographs, newspaper photographs, pretty much any photograph you see that's not on somebody's personal web page HAS been altered in some way. I used to work at a newspaper, and the art guys would ALWAYS fiddle with photos of political candidates they didn't like -- making hairlines recede, adding wrinkles, fattening them up, narrowing the eyes, etc. It was juvenile, but I realized it was routine and common practice everywhere.

Celeb photos are doctored. Model photos are doctored. Playboy models are covered in more digital makeup than the gold-painted chick in the James Bond film; and breasts are enlarged, lips are enlarged, waists narrowed, legs lengthened, pounds trimmed off. This is standard operating procedure for Playboy, and most people know that, but most people in the US DON'T realize that this happens to pretty much EVERY photo you see in public.

Of course, I've doctored my own photos in Photoshop to make my eyes larger and my tricep flab less obvious, so it's not like I'm a purist

But for a long time this technology was only available to graphic artists and people who wanted to shell out big bucks for photo editing software.

Now that cameras themselves have this option, it might make people realize just how easy it is to manipulate the way you look, and MIGHT make them realize that if THEY altered their silhouette, maybe Kate Moss and Heidi Klum and whoever is in the spotlight at the moment ALSO had their photos altered, and we just might be able to get people to realize that what they see in photos is a fantasy -- an idealized image brought to reality through technology and NOT through 8-minute Ab videos and starving yourself.

It's a long shot, but it could happen.

12-30-2007, 09:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
adiemus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 977	Belly dance police department is really going well - go Shanazel!! __________________ He wahine, he taonga- Every woman is a treasure(Maori proverb)

12-31-2007, 03:46 AM	#13 (permalink)
Shanazel Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocky Mountains USA Posts: 4,684	Janaki, I love the picture. It is my new screen saver. Now I need to come up with a dance worthy of my new prop. Maybe a fusion of cane and sword dancing? It would have to be very spearited, of course. Since you are in Hong Kong, you might not know that Skinny Cow is a real name brand in the US! Mariyam, your muffin top is very pretty. Last edited by Shanazel; 12-31-2007 at 03:49 AM.

01-01-2008, 07:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
Reen.Blom V.I.P. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Between Heaven and Earth Posts: 2,263	This is actually hilarious! __________________ Join WORLD BELLY DANCE DAY! www.worldbellydanceday.com

01-20-2008, 02:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
Zurah Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 648	Hah! Bombshells with brains - curvy women study results \|Style Thing!\|FocusOnStyle.com I found this the other day on the internet, and I was reminded of this discussion. To be honest, I'm really doubtful about this (I have this body shape and I know better), but isn't it nice to read things like these for a change? (Take that HP skinny-cam!)

12-30-2007, 11:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
Yshka Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,251	*backs up to let Shanazel through... you go girl!!! Oh my, If I'd known that, I wouldn't have gone through all this trouble to loose weight. That is sick!!! What's next? Breast-enlargement function? I'm going with what Adiemus said, I'm perfectly fine like this and so are you girls! Now please stand back and let Miss Shanazel do her job! P.s. Janaki that pic is the best!!

12-31-2007, 04:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
PriscillaAdum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 166	What an intriguing notion. Do they have one that can do a face lift too? Regards Priscilla

01-01-2008, 06:47 AM	#16 (permalink)
MeganJane Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 22	[quote=Yshka;58457]That is sick!!! What's next? Breast-enlargement function?[quote] That's hilarious! Maybe they should just create a camera that just replaces the photo of a subject with a picture of a celebrity or model

01-24-2008, 03:49 PM	#20 (permalink)
Aziyade V.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornfields of Evansville Indiana. Posts: 1,049	You know, I"m going to play devil's advocate here for a minute: In a weird way, this might be GOOD for the public. Advertising photographs, newspaper photographs, pretty much any photograph you see that's not on somebody's personal web page HAS been altered in some way. I used to work at a newspaper, and the art guys would ALWAYS fiddle with photos of political candidates they didn't like -- making hairlines recede, adding wrinkles, fattening them up, narrowing the eyes, etc. It was juvenile, but I realized it was routine and common practice everywhere. Celeb photos are doctored. Model photos are doctored. Playboy models are covered in more digital makeup than the gold-painted chick in the James Bond film; and breasts are enlarged, lips are enlarged, waists narrowed, legs lengthened, pounds trimmed off. This is standard operating procedure for Playboy, and most people know that, but most people in the US DON'T realize that this happens to pretty much EVERY photo you see in public. Of course, I've doctored my own photos in Photoshop to make my eyes larger and my tricep flab less obvious, so it's not like I'm a purist But for a long time this technology was only available to graphic artists and people who wanted to shell out big bucks for photo editing software. Now that cameras themselves have this option, it might make people realize just how easy it is to manipulate the way you look, and MIGHT make them realize that if THEY altered their silhouette, maybe Kate Moss and Heidi Klum and whoever is in the spotlight at the moment ALSO had their photos altered, and we just might be able to get people to realize that what they see in photos is a fantasy -- an idealized image brought to reality through technology and NOT through 8-minute Ab videos and starving yourself. It's a long shot, but it could happen.