Senior Member HairIsThere Posted June 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 10, 2009 Does being a good "picture taker" with before and especially after photos truly make that much of a difference? I know some docs are considered bad picture takers and some are considered good. But I guess what I'm wondering is - if you're really good at what you do, if you're really good at restoring hair why should you need to be a good "picture taker" you know? Shouldn't the pics, untouched, speak for themselves? Are some docs better than what their photos show, or are some docs not quite as good as they seem because they know how to get all the perfect angles, lighting, flash, things like that? I mean I guess I don't know just a whole lot about photography but to me, you can only doctor up a "hair photo" so much. But maybe you can? All comments are welcome! Thanks! - 1 HT ~ 3000 grafts - Regimen: Propecia 1X daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairIsThere Posted June 10, 2009 Author Senior Member Share Posted June 10, 2009 Does being a good "picture taker" with before and especially after photos truly make that much of a difference? I know some docs are considered bad picture takers and some are considered good. But I guess what I'm wondering is - if you're really good at what you do, if you're really good at restoring hair why should you need to be a good "picture taker" you know? Shouldn't the pics, untouched, speak for themselves? Are some docs better than what their photos show, or are some docs not quite as good as they seem because they know how to get all the perfect angles, lighting, flash, things like that? I mean I guess I don't know just a whole lot about photography but to me, you can only doctor up a "hair photo" so much. But maybe you can? All comments are welcome! Thanks! - 1 HT ~ 3000 grafts - Regimen: Propecia 1X daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member PLEASE GROW PLEASE Posted June 10, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 10, 2009 This is why. Lighting and angles can make a thin head of hair look much thicker . It can also make a average head of hair look spectacular http://hair-restoration-info.c...21087683/m/604101192 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member HairIsThere Posted June 10, 2009 Author Senior Member Share Posted June 10, 2009 Yeah I also just noticed from those pics you posted PGP that all the before photos were taken with a white background and the afters with a blue background... the white produces a huge contrast with anyones hair, causing it to look thinner and diffuse and then I assume they switched to a darker color to not give such a contrast so you can't "see through" their hair. - 1 HT ~ 3000 grafts - Regimen: Propecia 1X daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member wantego Posted June 11, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 11, 2009 Pictures can be really deceiving even at times when a person is not trying to deceive anyone on purpose. Now I really would only trust seeing somebody in person. 4374 grafts-7/2/2008-Dr Rahal 485 singles 2336 doubles 1526 triples 16 quads 9809 total hairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Acrobaz Posted June 11, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 11, 2009 Let me give you my own extreme example! Both these pictures were taken of me with low res cameras at 15-16 weeks post-op. The first is with natural daylight and the other inside in low lighting (with gel on) three days later. Now I know this is a blatantly obvious difference, but more subtle variations like those posted by PGP can fool an untrained eye. Regards. 17 Feb 09 - 3,200 FUs by strip surgery (Dr Feller) My Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Acrobaz Posted June 11, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 11, 2009 The low lighting picture 17 Feb 09 - 3,200 FUs by strip surgery (Dr Feller) My Hair Loss Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Franklin Posted June 12, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 12, 2009 Pictures can be really deceiving even at times when a person is not trying to deceive anyone on purpose. Now I really would only trust seeing somebody in person. 100% Agree with this post. I have been researching ht's since my first one back in 1999. I did not see past patients from my first strip doc back then. After that I made it my business to get in contact with former patients and go see what a hairtrasplant looks like from the doc of my choice in person. It's not easy a lot of times to set this up but really what's the rush? It's your head and you have to live with the results the rest of your life. I think hairloss forums are great for a start of your research. But nothing replaces in person evaluation. I really to this day do not understand how anyone gets a ht without doing this final research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_factor Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I don't trust on them actually they can be forged and we can loose a big amount being fooled my them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member PLEASE GROW PLEASE Posted June 12, 2009 Senior Member Share Posted June 12, 2009 X FACTOR NO ONES INTERESTED IN YOUR BOGUS SHAMPOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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