48.1K Funny, PhotographyJan 15, 2018 Family Can’t Believe Their Eyes After Their Professional Photographer Shows Them Their Photos Rokas Laurinavičius BoredPanda staff Open list comments 159 Vote arrow up Vote arrow down 371 Open list comments 159 Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Checkmark Link copied! Share icon Share Modal close ADVERTISEMENT A picture is worth a thousand words but a hilariously terrible family photoshoot earned them over 377K shares and 363K likes on Facebook. Everything started when the Zarings were contacted by a middle-aged woman, marketing herself as an experienced professional photographer. She took them to the popular Forest Park in St. Louis where they paid her $250 to snap beautiful pictures. After 8 months of post-production, the Zarings received a package containing a disc. After they opened the images, the family almost died of laughter. The creepy cartoon faces staring back at Pam were lacking any human features, with eyes and teeth that looked like they were done in Paint. “She said the shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day and that her professor never taught her to retouch photos,” Pam Dave Zaring wrote. Pam said she has asked for the original pictures, but she doesn’t want a refund. On the contrary, she’s found humor in the whole ordeal. According to her, the photoshoot “has been worth every dime” for all the giggles it produced.Scroll down to check out a photoshoot the family will never forget and let us know in the comments if you’d pay $250 for it!More info: Facebook The Zarings went to Forest Park in St. Louis where they paid a ‘professional’ photographer $250 to snap beautiful picturesShare iconImage credits: Pam Dave ZaringShare iconADVERTISEMENTAfter 8 months of post-production, however, she mailed them something that took the family completely by surpriseShare iconImage credits: Lesa Hall Share iconImage credits: Lesa HallShare iconImage credits: Lesa HallShare iconImage credits: Lesa HallShare iconImage credits: Lesa HallADVERTISEMENTShare iconImage credits: Lesa HallADVERTISEMENTBut the family don’t want a refund. On the contrary, they’ve found humor in the whole ordealShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconShare iconADVERTISEMENT Ic_puzzle Games View all games Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Share on Facebook Rokas Laurinavičius Author, BoredPanda staff View profile Read more » Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to. Read less » Rokas Laurinavičius Author, BoredPanda staff Read more » Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to. Read less » View profile Get the latest inspiring stories via our awesome iOS app! Download Bored Panda app! What do you think ? Add photo comments POST Kate Micheals Kate Micheals Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Delivering images like these to a client is ridiculous. However, as a REAL professional photographer, I wanted to address the gentleman 's comment about there being no shadows on a bright sunny day. Bright sunny days = shadows. Ideal weather for outdoor photography is always overcast = even, uniform lighting and no shadows. A professional outdoor photographer would have known that. Vote comment up 82 82points Vote comment down reply Cathy Cathy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I totally agree: sunny=shadows.. If you have to do it that day you could use a flash it you know how to.. or otherwise do what everyone tells you not to do: photograph against the sun... Vote comment up 10 10points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... scrappyrat scrappyrat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Precisely! You can even see in the unretouched parts of the pics that there are shadows all over the place. Nonetheless, it's brilliant. I would totally have every single one of these framed and hung prominently in my house. $250 is a lot of money, but hey, for high art like this, it's a bargain. Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply David Barnett David Barnett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report First you have to take the camera off of automatic ! You have to use a fill flash and you need to know how to white balance. The digital age has made everyone a "professional" ! Besides the "retouch" attempt , this lady must have played hooky the day they study posing. Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Nathan Zahorchak Nathan Zahorchak Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report You don't always need overcast if you know what you're doing. It depends on the look you're after. Midday sun is usually what you don't want. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Anita Konczi Anita Konczi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The article actually says: "She said the shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day and that her professor never taught her to retouch photos,” What part of that implies there were no shadows? Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Bob Wierdsma Bob Wierdsma Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I believe on a sunny day a flash can be used to bring out the facial features. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Full Name Full Name Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report "Ideal weather for outdoor photography is always overcast".....unless you are qualified to call yourself a professional. In that case you'd know how to use off camera lighting, or at least scrims and reflectors etc. Shoot however you prefer and I agree that you overcast can make for an easier time, but to say that it's "always ideal" to have overcast weather is absolutely ridiculous. Maybe you didn't mean it that literally at all and you really know your stuff, it just drives me nuts when people claim that this or that condition is the ONLY way to shoot something when it's just that they don't know how what the f**k they're doing and need to invest in some more skill. I've seen so many cringe worthy outdoor shoots happen where I know damn well the panic the photographer is going to face when they get home and realize what they've done after getting their first DSLR, shooting a couple shots and thinking "I'm ready for anything". Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Eda Russell Eda Russell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Hello Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply arjelio mas arjelio mas Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I took what he wrote to mean he was saying there were no shadows on them as they were posed for the pictures. He's too literate to be unable to understand the relationship between light and shadow. Vote comment up -1 -1point Vote comment down reply Mary Olmstead Mary Olmstead Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Super funny if it were free with an apology, but at $250.00 and a day of posing I wouldn't have been laughing. Vote comment up 31 31points Vote comment down reply RachelLynch RachelLynch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I resigned my office-job and now I am getting paid £64 hourly. How? I work over internet! My old work was making me miserable, so I was forced to try something different, two years after...I can say my life is changed-completely for the better! This is what i do... http://cutt.us/0VlX0 Vote comment up -84 -84points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel Alusair Alustriel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report https://www.facebook.com/imagerybylesahal/ I think that family knew exactly, what they ordered. This "photo agency" is running projects like that. Not to mention I feel like it is all set up. The profile has updates running from 13th of January. So it's either really new, or created solely for this purpose. Idk I just smell fake here. Vote comment up 18 18points Vote comment down reply Alex Alex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The Facebook page is definitely a fake. It was set up after the story broke, presumably as a joke. Vote comment up 13 13points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Judy Semmens Judy Semmens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Also any pro would have included their e-mail address and a link to their web page. But I think the big clue is the name "Less Ball" instead of "Lesa Hall". :-D Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments POST Kate Micheals Kate Micheals Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Delivering images like these to a client is ridiculous. However, as a REAL professional photographer, I wanted to address the gentleman 's comment about there being no shadows on a bright sunny day. Bright sunny days = shadows. Ideal weather for outdoor photography is always overcast = even, uniform lighting and no shadows. A professional outdoor photographer would have known that. Vote comment up 82 82points Vote comment down reply Cathy Cathy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I totally agree: sunny=shadows.. If you have to do it that day you could use a flash it you know how to.. or otherwise do what everyone tells you not to do: photograph against the sun... Vote comment up 10 10points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... scrappyrat scrappyrat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Precisely! You can even see in the unretouched parts of the pics that there are shadows all over the place. Nonetheless, it's brilliant. I would totally have every single one of these framed and hung prominently in my house. $250 is a lot of money, but hey, for high art like this, it's a bargain. Vote comment up 5 5points Vote comment down reply David Barnett David Barnett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report First you have to take the camera off of automatic ! You have to use a fill flash and you need to know how to white balance. The digital age has made everyone a "professional" ! Besides the "retouch" attempt , this lady must have played hooky the day they study posing. Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Nathan Zahorchak Nathan Zahorchak Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report You don't always need overcast if you know what you're doing. It depends on the look you're after. Midday sun is usually what you don't want. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Anita Konczi Anita Konczi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The article actually says: "She said the shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day and that her professor never taught her to retouch photos,” What part of that implies there were no shadows? Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Bob Wierdsma Bob Wierdsma Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I believe on a sunny day a flash can be used to bring out the facial features. Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Full Name Full Name Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report "Ideal weather for outdoor photography is always overcast".....unless you are qualified to call yourself a professional. In that case you'd know how to use off camera lighting, or at least scrims and reflectors etc. Shoot however you prefer and I agree that you overcast can make for an easier time, but to say that it's "always ideal" to have overcast weather is absolutely ridiculous. Maybe you didn't mean it that literally at all and you really know your stuff, it just drives me nuts when people claim that this or that condition is the ONLY way to shoot something when it's just that they don't know how what the f**k they're doing and need to invest in some more skill. I've seen so many cringe worthy outdoor shoots happen where I know damn well the panic the photographer is going to face when they get home and realize what they've done after getting their first DSLR, shooting a couple shots and thinking "I'm ready for anything". Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply Eda Russell Eda Russell Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Hello Vote comment up 0 0points Vote comment down reply arjelio mas arjelio mas Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I took what he wrote to mean he was saying there were no shadows on them as they were posed for the pictures. He's too literate to be unable to understand the relationship between light and shadow. Vote comment up -1 -1point Vote comment down reply Mary Olmstead Mary Olmstead Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Super funny if it were free with an apology, but at $250.00 and a day of posing I wouldn't have been laughing. Vote comment up 31 31points Vote comment down reply RachelLynch RachelLynch Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago This comment is hidden. Click here to view. DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report I resigned my office-job and now I am getting paid £64 hourly. How? I work over internet! My old work was making me miserable, so I was forced to try something different, two years after...I can say my life is changed-completely for the better! This is what i do... http://cutt.us/0VlX0 Vote comment up -84 -84points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel Alusair Alustriel Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report https://www.facebook.com/imagerybylesahal/ I think that family knew exactly, what they ordered. This "photo agency" is running projects like that. Not to mention I feel like it is all set up. The profile has updates running from 13th of January. So it's either really new, or created solely for this purpose. Idk I just smell fake here. Vote comment up 18 18points Vote comment down reply Alex Alex Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report The Facebook page is definitely a fake. It was set up after the story broke, presumably as a joke. Vote comment up 13 13points Vote comment down reply Load More Replies... Judy Semmens Judy Semmens Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017 Round attention Svg Vector Icons : http://www.onlinewebfonts.com/icon Report Also any pro would have included their e-mail address and a link to their web page. But I think the big clue is the name "Less Ball" instead of "Lesa Hall". :-D Vote comment up 3 3points Vote comment down reply Load More Comments Back to Homepage More about Photography Homepage Trending Photography Arrow point to left Homepage Next in Photography Arrow point to right Related on Bored Panda
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