Too Much Or Just The Right Amount Of Filter
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Pictures they say speak more than a 1000 words. Since a very long time, pictures have been a way we use to document important stuff which include memories. Now, pictures are not used for only creating memories but are also used for a lot of things like passports and other important documents. From pinhole cameras to very advanced high tech cameras, pictures have become very good and beautiful to admire.
I am someone who does not take a lot of photos. Sometimes I only take when I am at an event or I feel it has been very long I took a picture. Other times even at an event, you have to force me to take a picture. I guess I am not just photogenic. When it comes it photos and filters I think my preference is fairly straightforward.
Imagine me not liking pictures so that just says I do not really have the time for filters. Honestly, most of the time, I just take the picture with the phone’s camera and hope for the best. I hope for the best because I am not a very good poser neither am I a good photographer. @nhaji01 always harasses me for taking bad pictures 😅. But I’m getting there.
no filter
I do not have a problem with filters or anyone who decides to use them. It’s a choice and they are there to be used. They wouldn’t be there if they were completely useless. Some people I know just play with the filters for fun to look funny and post them online or save for future laughs. Others use filters to look more beautiful.
However, I have a problem with filters when it becomes too much. My problem is when you always use filters and too much editing for your photos. There are some people who look nothing like their photos and to be honest if you see them in reality, you will not be very pleased. I read @sperosamuel15 who narrated how he met a complete different person to the one he knew online😂. My man couldn’t see anything right for 2 weeks.
I guess this is the problem with filters. When you use them too much, you tend to be more of a different person. Maybe you have two identities then. Personally, I haven’t met anyone online who is very different from the online face.
Filtered image
The experience I have had though was on Eid day when I went to celebrate with my aunt in Kumasi. That was the day I really understood why they say you shouldn’t propose to a lady on Eid or a special occasion. All the ladies were looking very fine and truly like fine art. The make up these women did didn’t make them look bad but it actually made them look good.
After the celebrations I met one of the women and I was very surprised. She had changed almost completely and if not because I stole glances at the Eid ground and really stared, I wouldn’t have been able to recognize her.
Personally, I do not even edit my pictures. I post them as they are taken. Some of the edited photos I have were done by friends. I do not really fancy or have the time to edit. They don’t just excite me hehe. Nonetheless, I admire pictures that were taken well and edited well. I mean we’ve still got to appreciate nice things. But I wouldn’t use filters and even if I did start using them, I wouldn’t do it a lot.
All images used are mine.
I like your the person of no filters. Filters impressed our personality in both positive or negative. Hence, we should avoid it in using our personal stuff. I also got surprised to see a woman with filters in pictures and in real life 😂.
😂 haha you got trucker too? That’s a story I would love to hear
I already wrote another life experience, you can read in my last post 😂.
😂 oh that’s great. I will definitely read it
Ladies can be amazing my guy😂
Imagine not recognising someone you are sure you knew just because of make-up and filters😂😂
That story of mine left a mark on me indeed, till today, I hate going near Facebook Applications 😂
Filters for me also aren't bad at all but can be reduced and can also be better when we post it and still post our normal unfiltered pictures once in a while
😂 ladies truly are amazing bro. I laughed very hard with your story. And yes, we should post our unfiltered pictures once in a while
Sure man 😂
Whoever said "Too much of everything is bad" is so right.
Like you've stated above, people uses filter for different things, but when it gets to a stage when you can't tell the person in the picture even when they are standing in front of you hmmm.
I believe with a good phone camera, some pictures don't even need editing, you are just good to go.
Thanks for sharing this detailed post.
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You’re very right friend. With a good camera, you do not need editing. It’s nice as it is.
You nail this well. It's not a priority; if I have confidence in my appearance or how I look, I won't want to go the extra mile to beautify what is already beautiful. good job. i hail from #dreemport, #dreemerforlife, #teamflash
That’s true friend. You’ve just got to be comfortable with how you’re looking
Welcome to the family of no filters. It doesn’t make sense to me though. There was a time when a friend edited a group picture we took to the extent that we all looked like emojis 😂. Well people are good with filters tho but not everyone likes them
😂 haha I guess the no filter families are many. 😂 that friend went too far
Serious 😂
Every individual is entitled to their own perspective, usage of filters goes a long way. It goes beyond beautification of picture. It is used to mirror a reality that seems difficult to capture.
For example they are filters used to change the background of photos or its atmosphere. I believe as long as the usage of filter is not as a result of obsession, I consider it a good thing.
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Like snapchat that makes even the most ugliest person beautiful, haha, if this is your real 📷 snaps then i must say you're looking gorgeous. I for sure aint a fan of filters, except occasionally
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😅 haha thanks for the compliment. Hehe guess we’re the same when it comes to filters.
A little bit, i never really used edit or them expect for photogrid and that is to blur the sides and not filters . . ,☺️
I always force you to take good pictures just incase of a situation like this. You see you have a nice picture with me to post unlike those one you have.😂
Filters will be the end of some women and men. You’re one of them.😂
Forcer… forcer 😂. Mine too is good, syke 😅.
That’s what you think
Finally u took a picture 😅😅,the effect of some of these filters are really surprising 😅. U should just have a nice picture,that’s the goal
I did take one bro😅. Seriously these filters are something else
I know so 😃😄
I understand you completely. I am also more of a filter type of guy.
I recognized myself in these words so much. I always hope for the best when I have a camera, and normally I take several photos of the same thing and I pray that one photo will be decent enough to be used. 🤣🤣
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😂 haha I take multiples to find that one good picture as well.
Hahahahaha, they say "Great minds think alike" 😃🤣
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There's more to this issue you're addressing dear,probably because you don't fancy it you won't know what is causing in this generation.
Back in my middle and high school years i knew filters were gonna be a problem because people are putting altered/fake versions of themselves on social media and they weren't being real with others online.
What do you know a decade later research proves it negatively affects the mood, depression, body image and self esteem. Glad I never messed with the filter settings and just put a basic unfiltered version of myself on there.
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