Why women INSIST on make-over wedding photos

[bluewater]

Why women INSIST on make-over wedding photos
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Checkout the pictures.. see the differences before and after

Now we all understand why there is the tradition of friends getting the bridgegrooms drunk on the wedding night (in

asia)...haha

These are pictures of real briges taken by makeover shops..just for the fun of it.. hope it's never offensive to anyone..

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[kimpossible]

Nah, that's generally how wedding photos go in Taiwan. Hell, they even made me look good. They're better than ILM.

edit: and it's not just brides that insist, it's parents too. guys get makeup and hairdone as well.

[bluewater]

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[robotic]

;D the end results are so pretty <3

[coagulated fat]

thats it, im getting married in taiwan.

[mr. x]

hahahah oh man, some of them seem plausible but the first one for instance looks like she had work done in addition

[kimpossible]

thats it, im getting married in taiwan.

Even HKers go to Taipei to have their wedding album done. I'd highly recommend it even if you're parents aren't already demanding it. The process isn't fun at all but when you're both older and even uglier you can look back and say, "Damn, we were some airbrushed hotness once upon a time, eh?"

Prices usually include hair and makeup professionally done, you choose a negotiated amount of outfits, scenes and albums for about half to a third of what you'd equivalently pay for pictures only in the US. And best of all *drum roll* no copyright issues. Make sure you get the negatives and you won't have to pay for future reprints in human sacrifice to the photographer.

[applehead]

oh yes. there is hope for me.
these are pictures they're going to keep in their family
for generations.
why wouldn't you take advantage of the wonders
of technology and make up?
i'm more partial to the documentary style photographing
of wedding photographers but i'm definitely all for
airbrushing.

[Tao]

damn....that's fucking incredible.

[ChaCha]

aye...

the before and after pictures dont even look like the same person!

[kasia]

a lot of them have their eyelids taped.

[Fireblade]

I kinda wanna see the pics of guys, just to get an impression of how good of a job they do to the grooms.

[moJo]

sign me up! even though i'm not even close to getting married.

[>:^|]

oh yes. there is hope for me.


I <3 you for your personality.
*ducking and running*

Not sure how your avatar picture could be made over, exactly.
:wink:

I think all the women are pretty good looking to begin with.
And everybody knows yellowworld women are gorgeous. :smile:

[mr. x]

I think all the women are pretty good looking to begin with.
even marlene the trailer queen? :rolleyes:

[kitty]

i've done those things before. it's kinda like glamourshots or whatever in the u.s., only way more hardcore.

it was very strange. i was like fourteen, and my mom and my sister and our entire extended family went for family photos. they dressed us up in evening gowns, and bridal gowns and stuff. peculiar. glammy, but peculiar. they do a lot of airbrushing and they take a zillion pictures, and then you sit down and pick the ones you want to keep. i have a whole album of pics of me.

[applehead]

I <3 you for your personality.
*ducking and running*

Not sure how your avatar picture could be made over, exactly.
:wink:

I think all the women are pretty good looking to begin with.

kekekekekee.
yeah they just look like normal average women.

i've done those things before. it's kinda like glamourshots or whatever in the u.s., only way more hardcore.

it was very strange. i was like fourteen, and my mom and my sister and our entire extended family went for family photos. they dressed us up in evening gowns, and bridal gowns and stuff. peculiar. glammy, but peculiar. they do a lot of airbrushing and they take a zillion pictures, and then you sit down and pick the ones you want to keep. i have a whole album of pics of me.

of all people. i never would have thought...

[kimpossible]

I think they try to make sure the before and afters show as much difference as possible. It's a pretty competitive business with a lot of shops in operation. The sample albums are outside the storefront on the sidewalk with the 'before' picture tucked in the front. I've often wondered we ended up in some of their advertising. The place we chose used a lot of mixed girl (Taiwanese, I assume) + Taiwanese guy couples in their samples.

[kitty]

of all people. i never would have thought...

it wasn't my idea. it was my aunt's and she dragged all my cousins, my uncles, etc. there's this huuuuge photo of all of us. the idea was to photograph all my aunts and uncles with my grand parents, but do it professionally, and we ended up at glamourshots with rabies.

i'll admit it was fun tho.

[kasia]

a lot of my friends - esp. taiwanese - in high school have those albums. guys and girls.

[Irezumi Kiss]

Sheeeit...even I wanna get one done and I'm not an Asian bride!

Do you really have to go to Taiwan to get it done, though? No satellite franchises stateside?

[mr. x]

Sheeeit...even I wanna get one done and I'm not an Asian bride!

Do you really have to go to Taiwan to get it done, though? No satellite franchises stateside?
hahaha, no offense but i think they might be a lil baffled if a black guy walks in the door asking for beauty pics :rolleyes:

"umm would you like 'bashful beauty' or 'temptress'?"

[Irezumi Kiss]

^ Ha!

"I'll take Ghetto Concubine...er...do I get the free pedicure with that, or do I haveta come back on Tuesday?"