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53 Pics That Show Photography Is The Biggest Lie Ever
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The internet is full of beautiful and amazing photographs, but do you ever stop and wonder just what went into that perfect shot? I'm not just talking about the digital manipulation side of the process, although there's certainly plenty of that involved. No, I'm talking about the physical hard work combined with the often super-creative approaches that photographers employ in order to ensure that their final shot is the very best it can be.
Take a look at these behind-the-scenes pictures to see what we mean. Compiled by Bored Panda, they're sure to give the budding photographer some fresh ideas while giving the rest of us an enlightening glimpse into the reality that hides behind many a perfect picture.
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Miniature Car Models Create Realistic Historical Photos
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Water Reflections
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Life In A Drop Photography
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Girl Enjoying Rain
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Fox Close Up
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Water Splash Background
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Wedding Photography
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And after the shooting, clothes straight into the washing machine!!! ;-)
Photoshoot 25m Under The Sea In A Sunken Shipwreck
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M&M’s In Water Drops
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How Landscape Photos Are Really Made
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Heart-shaped Photo
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Levitation Shot
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This had to take a lot of editing... a little too much for my liking but still a cool aftershot
Burning Lava
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lol no truth to this picture. This was a photoshopped picture. The flipped one. Boredpanda you are now just making stuff up because it's convenient for your article. at least do your research before you impulsively claim stuff.
Mirror Lake
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Large Bust
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"Milk" In Cereal Commercials Is Often Glue
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Rock Climber
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That's How It Looks Like In Real Life
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Def saved money not needing to hire a arm model by using his own lol
The Illusion Of Different Spaces
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Close-ups Of Snowflakes
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Wedding Photography
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Background Trick
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Umbrella
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Underwater Photoshoot
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How Mountains Landscape Photos Are Made Of
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I've seen real life pictures just like this... why go through all that work?
Levitation Shoot
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Lol so they just cut out the end of the dress where it's tied to hold up.. i don't like that they added a fake floating chair post production
Volcano Photography
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Macro Photography
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Aurora Borealis
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This is a lie only if you can't travel to a Nordic country where you can actually witness a superb aurora borealis.
Baby Photography
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Levitation Photography
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Romantic Couple Photoshoot
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I really don't understand why the title of this post is so negativistic. It's not a lie, it's actually ART.
Capturing The Hummingbirds With 3d Camera
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Bokeh Hearts
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THere's aren't lies but methods to take creative photos. The lie is in the modeling, post-production world that suggests models have "perfect" skin, hair, waist, legs, arms, chest, etc. While many techniques are about creative utility., there is still a heavy focus on Photoshopping the subject until they're not human anymore. When the production team want's you to believe it's reality, where as these are artists wanting you to dream with them and believe, while understanding it's not real. It's analogous to "psychics" & magicians.
I would call the photos of the aurora borealis and all the fake landscapes lies but still cool
Well but there are also real photos of Aurora borealis taken and the light is just as amazing in real life
I know, right. I agree with u too. So stupid how this person put a title show that photography are the biggest lie ever... so stupid. Everyone always want good pictures, maybe it just that person who wants ugly pictures 😂😂😂
This couldn't have been better said thank you for this comment
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Many of these seem to have a photo and then a supposed photo of it's execution. Not convinced that the two are connected other than by concept. It's frustrating, many of these are interesting, but a bit false in order to gain clicks. :(
The techniques are really interesting, I think the problem is the name of the article, as a lot people already commented, they're not lies
Thank you Bored Panda! I found some really helpful tricks here! :)
THere's aren't lies but methods to take creative photos. The lie is in the modeling, post-production world that suggests models have "perfect" skin, hair, waist, legs, arms, chest, etc. While many techniques are about creative utility., there is still a heavy focus on Photoshopping the subject until they're not human anymore. When the production team want's you to believe it's reality, where as these are artists wanting you to dream with them and believe, while understanding it's not real. It's analogous to "psychics" & magicians.
I would call the photos of the aurora borealis and all the fake landscapes lies but still cool
Well but there are also real photos of Aurora borealis taken and the light is just as amazing in real life
I know, right. I agree with u too. So stupid how this person put a title show that photography are the biggest lie ever... so stupid. Everyone always want good pictures, maybe it just that person who wants ugly pictures 😂😂😂
This couldn't have been better said thank you for this comment
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Many of these seem to have a photo and then a supposed photo of it's execution. Not convinced that the two are connected other than by concept. It's frustrating, many of these are interesting, but a bit false in order to gain clicks. :(
The techniques are really interesting, I think the problem is the name of the article, as a lot people already commented, they're not lies
Thank you Bored Panda! I found some really helpful tricks here! :)