Sunday, August 4, 2024

Aron Calbert's muscles became much more visible


Original picture:

Improved version:

Aron Calbert's original photo was taken in a studio under scandalously poor lighting conditions, and judging by the state of his muscles and the number on his posing trunks, on the day of a bodybuilding competition. A photographer who handles light and shadow so poorly has no business in the profession. I hope Aron Calbert didn’t pay for this photo shoot but got it for free. I've heard that certain bodybuilding competition organizers offer free photo shoots as gifts to the competitors, which only seems like a nice, friendly gesture: in reality, they later sell these photos. To cut to the chase, the point is that in the improved version, the lighting is much better, making Aron’s muscles much more visible. I replaced his face with a nicer and smarter version, and I removed the tackily stuck-on number from his posing trunks. If this really was a free photo shoot for the competitors, then I must tell the organizers that they should regret not photographing Aron and the other competitors under better lighting conditions, because better photos can be more easily sold to magazines and agencies. If they want to exploit the competitors, they should at least do it in a more professional way.

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