That seems disingenuous, but I suppose it does go along with living in a make-believe world. We look the way we look, and no amount of photo editing is going to change that. You have bragged on many occasions about how "young" your wife and you look, so why would you need to smooth out wrinkles?
I just done a photo of my wife sitting next to her sister at the MGM Breakfast Buffet in Vegas. Her sister is four years older, with numerous facial wrinkles. I used the software to delete both of their facial wrinkles. It didn't take all of them away, but my wife sure is happy at the amount that was deleted. She told me, "Send her the before and after pictures. She will be amazed." Cheaper than expensive facial wrinkle remover cream, but only disappears on photos, not in real life. Actually, this software does a lot more, like.........deleting the background and putting in the background you want. IOW, you could make yourself appear on the beach in the Caribbean and be right at home. Although, someone could ask, "so when did you go to the Caribbean?"
Well, we do look young. At least that's what we've been told. I have a full head of hair and I use Just For Men's Hair Coloring on my mustache and temples. After doing that, I've had people say, "you sure don't look 73". My wife colors her hair as well, but not much can be done about facial wrinkles in a photo..........until now, that is. Depending on how a person faces the camera/turns their face, facial wrinkles can show up big time. I mean, really Beth, what woman likes the big wrinkles that show up on their face with age? But, when they can't be taken off naturally, they can be taken off within a photo.
How do you know they don't mean that you look older? Maybe they think you look 90. I still have no use for deceit. If I want to see myself without wrinkles I dig out some old photos.
I have always looked young for my age. I looked like a 15 year old when I graduated high school. I've never tried to use it to my advantage. Like you, I loathe deceit. There are times it's been to my disadvantage, looking to be so much younger than my true peers. It's interesting this topic should come up, as I was recently thinking how digital video & photo technology are another nail in the coffin of truth and trust. We literally cannot believe what we see anymore.
So true. I find it interesting that probably 90% of the population believes they "look young for their age." Obviously, they ARE their age, so that's just how "their age" looks.
You need to think this through. Your sister-in-law just visited you. She's gonna know that the pic is a pile of deceit. You're not gonna fool her and she's gonna think less of you for being so obviously deceitful. In fact, why would your wife communicate to her how concerned your wife is over her opinion? I would not willingly hand over that much control to someone.
When I was taking night classes, a female classmate asked me for "a ride home." She was early 20s. So during the drive I raised the subject of high school and the where...and the when. When she did the mental math, she was so freaked out that she made me stop my truck right then and there so she could get out and either walk the rest of the way or thumb a ride. I was in my early 40s. If I can dig up my high school yearbook I'll post my graduation pic. I am neither proud nor happy that I've always looked like a kid...it's been a disadvantage in my career and in my social life. It doesn't necessarily bother me, but it has not been a blessing.
There are those that, due to any amount of wrinkles in their face, they don't want their picture taken. With this software, they can be assured their face will come out much nicer in the photo. IOW, way back when, neither my wife nor her sister had to worry/think about facial wrinkles showing up in a photo, but today, at 74/wife and 78/her sister, they do. I have some facial wrinkles also. So, if mine are too apparent in a photo, I open up the inPixio Photo Editing Software and one word does the trick..........gone! Or, at least most of them.
In regard's to Ken's makeup comment regarding photo editing as being "emakeup," exactly why is photo editing "a bridge too far?" I can think of only a small number of females I know who would walk out of the house without "putting her face one." It's the accepted/required baseline make-believe world. So what's the diff?