Pro pics are good because A, camera equipment has gotten better over the years, and B, the photographers are pros who are good taking pictures. Everyone thinks edited pictures automatically mean photoshop. Not so. A cropped photo is technically an edit. Shaving off pounds in photoshop isn't the same as enhancing the color, but both would fall under the category of editing.
High end cameras are designed to take great pics. What would be the point, otherwise.
Selfies taken with low end cameras or cell phones are no more 'real' than thousand dollar camera photos. So, you're happy with photos taken in low lighting, at the right angle and accept it as realness? OK.
It's not the photographer's job to MAINTAIN the body in the pic. If a provider works out for 3 weeks prior to a shoot to look her best, and then after the shoot spends 3 weeks eating at McDonald's, it's not the photographer's fault. In boxing, fighters don't weigh the same on fight day that they did on a weigh-in. After the weigh-in they put on water weight and start eating again, and by fight day they're 10-12lbs over.
All that said, I like a combination of both. Professional shots to maximize the radiance of a lady, and a couple selfies just to show, 'this is what I might look like the day you see me'.
Originally Posted by Rambro Creed
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