{"id":358543,"date":"2021-10-27T03:09:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/parents-outraged-over-school-picture-day-retouch-trend\/"},"modified":"2021-10-27T03:09:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:09:33","slug":"parents-outraged-over-school-picture-day-retouch-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/parents-outraged-over-school-picture-day-retouch-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"#Parents outraged over school picture day &#8216;retouch&#8217; trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Parents outraged over school picture day &#8216;retouch&#8217; trend<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Jennifer Greene doesn\u2019t want her 12-year-old daughter, Madeline, to feel pressured into looking picture-perfect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So when the Maryland mom opened the seventh grader\u2019s school-picture package from photography company Lifetouch and saw it urged parents to lay out an extra $12 for portrait \u201cretouching\u201d services \u2014 including teeth whitening, skin-tone evening and blemish removal \u2014 she freaked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked,\u201d Greene, 43, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI completely disagree with [retouching a child\u2019s school picture], because it\u2019s teaching kids that they need to look perfect all the time and that they can change [a perceived flaw] with the click of a mouse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retouching options on school portraits aren\u2019t new \u2014 but they\u2019re now being offered to students as young as pre-K and are becoming as ubiquitous as face-altering filters on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, which have triggered a spike in anxiety and depression in teen girls. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jennifer-greene-madeline-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"PHOTO FAIL:\u2009Last fall, Kristin Loerns was shocked to find that her then-10-year-old son Kieran\u2019s freckles had been edited out of his school photo after she requested basic retouching for blemish removal.\" class=\"wp-image-19931792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jennifer-greene-madeline-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jennifer-greene-madeline-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jennifer-greene-madeline-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jennifer Greene was outraged by the idea that she should retouch her daughter Madeline\u2019s school photo (inset left). \u201cIt\u2019s teaching kids that they need to look perfect,\u201d she said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Jennifer Greene<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greene, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> blogger and social media administrator, was so incensed by the Photoshop proposition that she blasted the company on Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to need someone to explain to me why @Lifetouch offers PHOTO RETOUCH for KIDS school pics?!\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/traveljenn\/status\/1443214019284844544?s=21\">tweeted<\/a> late last month. \u201cWhat the hell?!\u201d (She said she never received a response. In a statement to The Post, Lifetouch said, \u201cOur goal is always to authentically capture each child we photograph.\u00a0Photo retouch is an entirely opt-in service that customers choose to add on to photo packages. Most, if not all, school photography companies offer this service and it\u2019s an expectation as an available option for schools.\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Last November, Tampa, Fla.-based mom Kristin Loerns did a double-take when she receive her son Kieran\u2019s school photos. His adorable freckles had vanished. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave permission for \u2018basic retouching,\u2019 which would be removing blemishes, and they removed all of his freckles instead,\u201d the 36-year-old blogger (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loefamilyloves\/?hl=en\">@loefamilyloves<\/a>) and photographer told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>She <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loefamilyloves\/status\/1328512701799260161?s=21\">complained to Lifetouch<\/a>, which remedied the situation by resending the pictures with Kieran\u2019s adorable freckles returned. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2nd-pic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"After removing young Kieran's freckles, Lifetouch agreed to resend the non-edited image to his family free of charge.\" class=\"wp-image-19930803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2nd-pic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2nd-pic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/2nd-pic.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>After removing young Kieran\u2019s freckles (shown here), Lifetouch agreed to resend the non-edited image to his family free of charge.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kristin Amanda\/@loef<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>School-picture alterations don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be limited to the airbrushing of a child\u2019s skin, teeth or blemishes.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Rose, a mom of two hearing-impaired toddlers, told The Post that she believes a photographer from a different company erased her 3-year-old son\u2019s hearing aids from his school picture.\u00a0Her outrage over the apparent offense garnered 2.2 million views on TikTok. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\u201cThese are my son\u2019s hearing aids. They help him hear, they\u2019re a part of who he is and he likes them,\u201d Rose said on her TikTok account, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@thesedeafkidsrock\/video\/7018632857774230830?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8ThCSikSk93QmLuAjgJZehl3iWXXNe0Cc8juZVQfUWl6bddZMnhfGBECUa%2BKd%2F9D0zPVWZvSjZWq58vQiGgA%3D&amp;checksum=c2eb88177b010297910a44c8d9831d0cc879002fa83575510580ce4b33dfc7fe&amp;language=en&amp;preview_pb=0&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAABBeR9kbHZNFjB0KIkcz3Q_ZJHcTyhXVjGpOHQZY3rMtk_h2kOdVhZLx1Vx2rk5K2&amp;share_app_id=1233&amp;share_item_id=7018632857774230830&amp;share_link_id=F6F1DE90-FEED-49AE-9E28-A6F8C05998CC&amp;source=h5_m&amp;timestamp=1634931372&amp;tt_from=copy&amp;u_code=dhi9b9aa136mm8&amp;user_id=6942565287775912965&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;_r=1\">@TheseDeafKidsRock<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sending a message to him that part of who he is, his hearing loss, is something he should be ashamed of.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>But Manhattan mom Heidi Green \u2014 an event and professional portrait photographer who spent 10 years snapping school pictures \u2014 said it is often parents who are pushing for perfection. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parent feels like they had to get [the flaw] fixed in order to enjoy the school picture, or to make the child look better,\u201d she said<\/p>\n<p>Green said there\u2019s a fine line between standard photo editing and damaging retouching \u2014 particularly if the perceived imperfection is permanent.<\/p>\n<p>One year, a client asked Green to edit out a life-long scar caused by a birth defect on her daughter\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt bad about it,\u201d she said. \u201cI smoothed it out a little bit so that she\u2019d be happy with the picture without changing much. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemoving a permanent scar to me would be like saying, \u2018Can you make my child\u2019s eyes blue?\u2019\u201d Green added. \u201cBecause why would you want your kid to look in the picture like they don\u2019t look in real life?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/heidi-photographer.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"As both a mother and picture day photographer Green understands both sides of the photoshopping controversy. \" class=\"wp-image-19918319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/heidi-photographer.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/heidi-photographer.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/heidi-photographer.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>As both a mother and picture day photographer Green understands both sides of the photoshopping controversy. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo credit is Heidi Green Phot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, Green says not all edits are sinister. She has long offered free-of-charge retouches for children whose pictures showed visible scratches, blemishes, messy hair from playing or eyeglass glare. Some changes, like minor teeth whitening, are part of the overall photo-editing process.<\/p>\n<p>That type of minor retouching is something children won\u2019t notice, said Yamalis Diaz, a child psychologist at NYU Langone. <\/p>\n<p>What is concerning is when a child learns that their permanent characteristics have been changed in a photo \u2014 and no longer reflect what they see in the mirror. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould that start to make them feel inadequate? \u2026 Can that lead to some anxiety and depressed mood, eating disorders, body dysmorphia? Absolutely,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike adults, children are in an \u201cevolution\u201d stage of understanding themselves \u2014 and something as simple as messing with a school picture can be damaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of accepting your physical characteristics, your disability, your features, your appearance, you\u2019re supposed to be fixing it or hiding it,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cAnd that is a dangerous message to send.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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