Learn How to Draw!

Dog shows are often the subject of critizism for being too focused on the looks of the competing dogs. Dog shows can be described as the dog fashion industry, so in part, it is natural that it is about looks.

The dog show world is, however, nothing compared to the human fashion industry. Many female human fashion models and acresses are photographed, but then the photographies are manipulated in many ways to make the woman look "more than perfect". This means that she often look unnaturally thin, but not as unhealthy as such a thin person would normally look like.

I believe a photography should be a picture of the real world, not an idealized fantasy world. The manipulated photographies probably affect the viewers more than the manipulators think, because the viewers presume the pictures show the real women.

If you want to make pictures of "more than perfect" fantasy women, I believe you should learn how to draw. Many comic book heroines look "more than perfect". However, since the viewers recognize the pictures as drawings right away, even on a subconscious level, they do not presume this is what real women would look like. A good drawing can make a great fantasy come to life, a photography should not.