We Don't Need Digital Cameras With A 'Slimming' Function
Robert Paul Reyes
April 26, 2006
I love to look at my old photo albums, the snapshots of my life elicits memories, regrets and dreams.
My First Communion: Shorts, bow tie and a big smile. My high school graduation: Long hair, acne and a wry smile. A company picnic: Khakis, polo shirt and a faraway look in my eyes.
These photographs chronicle my life, warts and all. But now Hewlett Packard has a line of digital cameras that allow you to change reality. These new generation cameras have a "slimming" function that manipulates the image so that the middle is slightly compressed and the outside edges are slightly wider.
Now you don't have to be a Photoshop geek to manipulate digital images, all it takes is one click to make you look slimmer.
Our memories alter and edit the past, we don't remember people and events the way they were, but the way we wished they were. That's why photographs are so invaluable, these snapshots of cold reality are a great memory aid.
I have enough well-intentioned but lying friends who tell my that I look fine, when I know I could stand to lose a few pounds.
The last thing we need is a camera that distorts reality, our photographs should chronicle reality, not an illusion.
These cameras may make you look 10 pounds thinner, but they should leave you with a heavy conscience. The ethical thing to do is to lose those extra pounds the old fashioned way: By eating healthy and exercising.
My First Communion: Shorts, bow tie and a big smile. My high school graduation: Long hair, acne and a wry smile. A company picnic: Khakis, polo shirt and a faraway look in my eyes.
These photographs chronicle my life, warts and all. But now Hewlett Packard has a line of digital cameras that allow you to change reality. These new generation cameras have a "slimming" function that manipulates the image so that the middle is slightly compressed and the outside edges are slightly wider.
Now you don't have to be a Photoshop geek to manipulate digital images, all it takes is one click to make you look slimmer.
Our memories alter and edit the past, we don't remember people and events the way they were, but the way we wished they were. That's why photographs are so invaluable, these snapshots of cold reality are a great memory aid.
I have enough well-intentioned but lying friends who tell my that I look fine, when I know I could stand to lose a few pounds.
The last thing we need is a camera that distorts reality, our photographs should chronicle reality, not an illusion.
These cameras may make you look 10 pounds thinner, but they should leave you with a heavy conscience. The ethical thing to do is to lose those extra pounds the old fashioned way: By eating healthy and exercising.
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