Retouch a Photo

*Aware how your best friend turned Model, retains her charm in Photo's even though she appears way different than she looks. 
*Shocked to see few missing colleagues in the last office party shot. 
* Ever heard of any controversy due to a Photo, i think it rang a bell!! 

That's right, Photo retouching or Photo manipulation is behind it. Retouching is all about getting your final image ready as you desired by giving it a spark and make it attract. 

Interestingly retouching had begun way long during early 1800's and yes, even though there were no digital media/computers back then, it was achieved through paint, ink or piercing negatives in darkrooms. Nowadays, thanks to computers we have a wide range of retouching technique, famous being of course the Adobe Photoshop.

Photo Retouching has differently utilized around the world. Consider India, for instance, along with the glamour and entertainment world, marriage also has some share among retouching.Indian marriages as compared to rest of the world has an inclination to arrange marriages. Proposals with horoscope and photo are sent to the bride groom family and vice verse to the bride's family and if matched only, will be a one to one communication.Hence to bypass this obstacle, Photo's of these young ones are altered, to achieve that bridge within the families. Common reason being, groom's to cover their baldness and bride's for the fair complexion get the aid of photo retouching. This is one of the interesting event of photo retouching utilization which happens in this unique world. 

Even though there has been a multiple argument of photo retouching to be ethical practice or not, I believe, even a straight photo or almost any image in the world can be said to be modified due to camera or photographer mindset as compared to the naked eye or so called "nature".

The term "Photo Retouching" also inspires and questions us through a thought, "what if we can retouch our planet Earth, to make this world a better place, a beautiful one, with peace and positive vibes among each of us"