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Originally Posted by emi♡
The photographer snaps hundreds of pictures.
I don't think it's the photoshop that ruins Ayu's photos most of the time...at least lately. It's usually her expressions 
I think we can blame the photographer for things like lighting, angles, composition, etc, because those are things that as photographers, they should be paying attention to, not the model.
I personally never give that much validity to complaints about photoshopping, unless it's a complete photoshop fail, because EVERYTHING is overly photoshopped. That's just how the industry works.
And...I think she does have art directors for the different releases? |
Still. The photographer is the one who foresees the 'final picture'. It's not like ayu's posing in front of the mirror where she can watch her exact facial expressions or something. The photographer should be the one who delivers the best final output if you ask me. Ayu is smiling way too wide in that picture, the photographer; Leslie sure could have redone that shot, they had the time for it. Perhaps ayu wasn't aware her mouth was that big and her head so misplaced lol. I don't know, or Leslie just finds those pictures hot and appealing or something.
I disagree, as photographer you definitely should pay attention to the model. It's not like he stands there to catch the best light and angles. I believe that he should navigate the model, not force her to pose on his way, but just instruction giving and such... You know, work together. Maybe that's what ayu and Leslie did, but it's not appealing to a lot of other people I guess.
We still have to see the large CD+DVD cover which was the most promising one! I wonder how she looks on that in high resolution. (tbh I fell for that picture, I found it superior and stunning, but after focusing much about it; I feel like she looks very old in that picture.
But I do like how you described this era for ayu,
& era in the other thread. Until now I still thought the sad lonely Party Queen era was lingering, glad to have it gone from my thoughts tho. It was a not my fave era.