Originally Posted by Trixie Racer

superficial blending = removing imperfections and/or smoothing skin



Other than any needed superficial blending, I expect my images to already be great. If the photographer doesn't frame the image properly, I view that as a major flaw. A photographer is an artist with a camera. If the photographer can't figure out how to properly frame a picture (and relies on cropping instead), he isn't really a photographer -- he is a person with a camera.

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