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Save Your Money: 45 Dreamy Destinations That Look Nothing Like What The Influencers Told You They Would
Social media has become such an integral part of our daily lives that we sometimes forget a simple truth while we’re busy scrolling through our feeds—what we’re looking at is an expertly edited, highly-stylized version of things. Real life is often far more chaotic and messy.
Makeup artist Keilys Gonzalez shared a video that went massively viral on Facebook. In it, we’re shown how influencers present picturesque travel destinations versus what you’re likely to see when you show up in person. The reality is very different, and you realize just how important perspective, editing, and the lack of a crowd can be. Scroll down for the side-by-side comparison.
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Sergio Bicerra 3 years ago
There's another photo that shows a long cue of people waiting to take the same damn photo.
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Rylee Evergreen 🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
Slightly unrelated, but does anyone else have the desire to be single but have the most humongous bed known to mankind? I don't even roll around in my sleep I just want heaps of comforters and pillows so I can crash at the slightest inconvenience
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Adam Benson 3 years ago
I've been there! On this occasion, the social media post is quite accurate.
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Rylee Evergreen 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I'm not even THAT afraid of heights but the dizzying anxiety I get from this picture....I could never
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David 3 years ago
Bioluminescence is real. Neither of these photos is a great example of it. But you can find tons of real photos / videos posted by "not influencers'. Sorry you suck at finding it. I've personally seen green off the wake of my aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. I haven't seen the blue in person. check out link for a pretty cool video of surfers and bioluminescence. == https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz6ApIUNT3w
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Alfonsothenerdyalpaca 3 years ago
Bro the grass in the first picture looks like a video game with very bad graphics
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Rylee Evergreen 🇺🇦 3 years ago
what the acornmilkshake bishopin heckstick is happening in EITHER photos???
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Rob Chapman 3 years ago
What is censored in the second photo? Are they mooning? Scratching their butt?
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KM 3 years ago
What it the issue with this one? Petra is a huge place. You can get pictures like the first one, you just need to climb for some time, there is a bédouin house on top, get some tea, pet the cats, take a photo, move away a bit and you can have a picnic by yourself with a view of the treasury. The crowds are mostly on the main path, once you go away from it, you can walk practically alone.
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Firestorm Glow 3 years ago
No, you just came at the wrong time. Plenty of places get even more beautiful than the first photo, with orange and red and yellow, but it’s only like that for a short period before it turns brown.
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Trump4President 3 years ago
Soooo one was taken in a storm and in much darker conditions... Don't get it
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Molly Whuppie 3 years ago
Most of these come down to wrong time of the year, wrong time of the day, bad photography, wrong angle, lack of filter etc.
Marnie 3 years ago
Yeah. If they'd at least have said where these locations were, it would have been slightly more interesting.
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Tahar Taggle 3 years ago
It all boils down to professional photography vs. amateur pictures. Be willing to wait the perfect time of the year, find the perfect angle, negotiate with authorities or owners to open a venue a bit early to avoid the crowd, spending time editing the picture, etc., vs. "I was there, I took a pic". Newsflash : postcards and travel books editors have been doing exactly that for DECADES already. Social networks and influencers didn't invent anything. But I guess it's trendy to pick on them...
Valaun 3 years ago
Yeah you hit it right on the head. In essence, what this post does is show the work that goes into making a good photo, regardless of whether it used for social media, or to make photos. It also shows the worst kept secret that photos are manipulated to produce optimal images. It would be better titled as "The difference in photos between someone that has done their homework and understands the post work (aka the pro) vs the amateur photographer.
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Petra Schaap 3 years ago
tourist goes to touristic place and is shocked to see other tourists.
Mariele Scherzinger 3 years ago (edited)
Honestly, I don't understand this whole influencer universe. Who are they trying to fool, pretending to be Adam and Eve exploring paradise? Who buys this whole "Oh look, I'm a millionaire supermodel" shtick? It only leads to more silly tourists who overcrowd vulnerable cultural / natural sights that should be protected from people and their stupidity.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 3 years ago
I see that most of the problems were to do with too many people everywhere. And I can relate
liam newton-harding 3 years ago (edited)
Is BP actually unaware that "influencer" instas are staged? That seasons, weather, and hours of the day are actual things? That if you get to most tourist destinations at sunrise that yes, it is most likely just going to be you, able to set up the perfect photo?
nanny28innc 3 years ago
What I'm seeing is that quite a few of these aren't even the same area, season, weather, time of day, etc. EVERYONE knows that both social media and the travel brochures are doctored up in some way and both make things look better than in RL. It's not a surprise to anyone with any type of common sense.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
So...sometimes there are people and sometimes there is weather? If you go on vacation you're not automatically guaranteed ideal photography conditions? Mind blown.
LokisLilButterknife 3 years ago (edited)
Tourist shocked to discover that tourist destination is filled with other tourists! 😱
WonderWoman 3 years ago
Two takeaways: 1) Tourists are at tourist attractions, that is the stark reality 2) seems this insta v reality is the new way for attention seekers to get their attention
Selena Pintos 1 year ago
Just say you all dont know how to take pictures. Most of them look different because of the light and others look the same, just more crowded. What did you expect? to be the one and only tourist to go to a touristic location in summer?
Selena Pintos 1 year ago
just say you all dont know how to take pictures: a lot of them look different because of the light and some others look the same, just more crowded. What did you expect? to be the one and only tourist in a touristic location on summer?
Shannon Mallory 3 years ago
I noticed that the "bad" pics usually had people in them. More people = bad experience. Yeah, well, people are jerks....
dbildbo 3 years ago
I hate the headline to this article. All they are showing is that sometimes photo colors are overly enhanced, sometimes it's crowded, places look different on clear versus cloudy days, and there are seasons. These are not reasons to skip places. Misleading title. I am glad I got to see both photos.
Leoninus Fate 3 years ago
basically, every second picture is taken in the afternoon when it rains at the wrong angle while the first ones are taken by people that UNDERSTAND HOWTO USE A CAMRAR RIGHT! Im not a Social media person, or ticktoc or thing, but I know how they made these pictures, I know how they made them without people and without photoshop, because they got GOOD CAMERAS AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM FULLY The other ones look like normal phone took ones that you would show to family "look where I went it looked cool" where else the other one Is "these pictures where of this place, the lighting here could be used to do such and when i angeled the camera this way it looks like I'm doing this" This is seen GREATLY in the first 2 pictures of the couple hanging off the rock, One pic looks like its hanging into the sea {illusion} the GOOD CAMRA taker made it look like they're falling {illusion}, and the Phone taker just took the picture and didn't use the angle and messed the illusion up
Groon TheWonderdog 3 years ago
Ugh. How did this seem like a good idea? All I feel is people need to understand what real problems and issues are. Someone's grumpy and needs a nap moment really.
Molly Whuppie 3 years ago
Most of these come down to wrong time of the year, wrong time of the day, bad photography, wrong angle, lack of filter etc.
Marnie 3 years ago
Yeah. If they'd at least have said where these locations were, it would have been slightly more interesting.
Load More Replies... Tahar Taggle 3 years ago
It all boils down to professional photography vs. amateur pictures. Be willing to wait the perfect time of the year, find the perfect angle, negotiate with authorities or owners to open a venue a bit early to avoid the crowd, spending time editing the picture, etc., vs. "I was there, I took a pic". Newsflash : postcards and travel books editors have been doing exactly that for DECADES already. Social networks and influencers didn't invent anything. But I guess it's trendy to pick on them...
Valaun 3 years ago
Yeah you hit it right on the head. In essence, what this post does is show the work that goes into making a good photo, regardless of whether it used for social media, or to make photos. It also shows the worst kept secret that photos are manipulated to produce optimal images. It would be better titled as "The difference in photos between someone that has done their homework and understands the post work (aka the pro) vs the amateur photographer.
Load More Replies... Petra Schaap 3 years ago
tourist goes to touristic place and is shocked to see other tourists.
Mariele Scherzinger 3 years ago (edited)
Honestly, I don't understand this whole influencer universe. Who are they trying to fool, pretending to be Adam and Eve exploring paradise? Who buys this whole "Oh look, I'm a millionaire supermodel" shtick? It only leads to more silly tourists who overcrowd vulnerable cultural / natural sights that should be protected from people and their stupidity.
HelluvaHedgehogAlien 3 years ago
I see that most of the problems were to do with too many people everywhere. And I can relate
liam newton-harding 3 years ago (edited)
Is BP actually unaware that "influencer" instas are staged? That seasons, weather, and hours of the day are actual things? That if you get to most tourist destinations at sunrise that yes, it is most likely just going to be you, able to set up the perfect photo?
nanny28innc 3 years ago
What I'm seeing is that quite a few of these aren't even the same area, season, weather, time of day, etc. EVERYONE knows that both social media and the travel brochures are doctored up in some way and both make things look better than in RL. It's not a surprise to anyone with any type of common sense.
Rachel Reynolds 3 years ago
So...sometimes there are people and sometimes there is weather? If you go on vacation you're not automatically guaranteed ideal photography conditions? Mind blown.
LokisLilButterknife 3 years ago (edited)
Tourist shocked to discover that tourist destination is filled with other tourists! 😱
WonderWoman 3 years ago
Two takeaways: 1) Tourists are at tourist attractions, that is the stark reality 2) seems this insta v reality is the new way for attention seekers to get their attention
Selena Pintos 1 year ago
Just say you all dont know how to take pictures. Most of them look different because of the light and others look the same, just more crowded. What did you expect? to be the one and only tourist to go to a touristic location in summer?
Selena Pintos 1 year ago
just say you all dont know how to take pictures: a lot of them look different because of the light and some others look the same, just more crowded. What did you expect? to be the one and only tourist in a touristic location on summer?
Shannon Mallory 3 years ago
I noticed that the "bad" pics usually had people in them. More people = bad experience. Yeah, well, people are jerks....
dbildbo 3 years ago
I hate the headline to this article. All they are showing is that sometimes photo colors are overly enhanced, sometimes it's crowded, places look different on clear versus cloudy days, and there are seasons. These are not reasons to skip places. Misleading title. I am glad I got to see both photos.
Leoninus Fate 3 years ago
basically, every second picture is taken in the afternoon when it rains at the wrong angle while the first ones are taken by people that UNDERSTAND HOWTO USE A CAMRAR RIGHT! Im not a Social media person, or ticktoc or thing, but I know how they made these pictures, I know how they made them without people and without photoshop, because they got GOOD CAMERAS AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM FULLY The other ones look like normal phone took ones that you would show to family "look where I went it looked cool" where else the other one Is "these pictures where of this place, the lighting here could be used to do such and when i angeled the camera this way it looks like I'm doing this" This is seen GREATLY in the first 2 pictures of the couple hanging off the rock, One pic looks like its hanging into the sea {illusion} the GOOD CAMRA taker made it look like they're falling {illusion}, and the Phone taker just took the picture and didn't use the angle and messed the illusion up
Groon TheWonderdog 3 years ago
Ugh. How did this seem like a good idea? All I feel is people need to understand what real problems and issues are. Someone's grumpy and needs a nap moment really.
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