A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Hey, yell at me about Photoshop!

The lovely and impossibly slender Book, who’s the bees knees! The bees are tattooed by Mark at Cottage 13 in Hamilton, ON:

Comments

192 responses to “Hey, yell at me about Photoshop!”

  1. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    For everyone wondering about her shins:

    Childhood Cruel

    Cri du coeur

  2. an0nymous_vamp1re Avatar

    For everyone wondering about her shins:

    Childhood Cruel

    Cri du coeur

  3. tinaxo Avatar

    She is a Hottie ++
    and her tattoo’s compliment her muchly!~

  4. tinaxo Avatar

    She is a Hottie ++
    and her tattoo’s compliment her muchly!~

  5. Orion Avatar
    Orion

    What are you talking about I can’t see anything!?
    Oh wait….let me crank the rez

    there she is!
    She was so skinny her pixles didn’t even show up.

    Her feet tats are pretty cute too (the left one tastes better tho)

  6. Orion Avatar
    Orion

    What are you talking about I can’t see anything!?
    Oh wait….let me crank the rez

    there she is!
    She was so skinny her pixles didn’t even show up.

    Her feet tats are pretty cute too (the left one tastes better tho)

  7. ani Avatar
    ani

    I dig the bee’s knees sososo much. In re Photoshop, I hope the glaring cloning was just a context clue. :p

  8. ani Avatar
    ani

    I dig the bee’s knees sososo much. In re Photoshop, I hope the glaring cloning was just a context clue. :p

  9. moi Avatar
    moi

    ok, so i don’t have a problem with her being skinny, but i DO have a problem with using photoshop to make her look impossibly skinny, thus perpetuating an impossible body image. i mean the mainstream media does that all the time, but why did you stoop to their level shannon? it’s one thing to celebrate all body types (including healthy naturally thin women), but it’s another thing to make bodies look artificially thin to perpetuate the current (unhealthy) beauty standard.

    i don’t mean to bash you shannon, because i do appreciate the time you put in to publish modblog for us (and keeping it free for everyone). i’m just upset and curious why you would resort to tricks used by the mainstream media that only kill women’s self esteem by holding them up to an impossibly artificial beauty standard?

  10. moi Avatar
    moi

    ok, so i don’t have a problem with her being skinny, but i DO have a problem with using photoshop to make her look impossibly skinny, thus perpetuating an impossible body image. i mean the mainstream media does that all the time, but why did you stoop to their level shannon? it’s one thing to celebrate all body types (including healthy naturally thin women), but it’s another thing to make bodies look artificially thin to perpetuate the current (unhealthy) beauty standard.

    i don’t mean to bash you shannon, because i do appreciate the time you put in to publish modblog for us (and keeping it free for everyone). i’m just upset and curious why you would resort to tricks used by the mainstream media that only kill women’s self esteem by holding them up to an impossibly artificial beauty standard?

  11. audente Avatar
    audente

    Haha! Stick it to ‘em Shannon! I’ve noticed an increase in photoshop calls in comments lately, great response.

    And she’s hot, super skinny or not.

  12. audente Avatar
    audente

    Haha! Stick it to ‘em Shannon! I’ve noticed an increase in photoshop calls in comments lately, great response.

    And she’s hot, super skinny or not.

  13. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    if it was photoshopped.. for us sad, sad, non-members (you never approve any of my pics) can you please post the original photo?

  14. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    if it was photoshopped.. for us sad, sad, non-members (you never approve any of my pics) can you please post the original photo?

  15. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    this is in response to #54 aka “moi”…

    um. are you serious? i’m pretty certain that shannon didn’t photoshop the picture to “perpetuate the current (unhealthy) beauty trend”. he photoshopped it as a joke, for god’s sake. recently many people have jumped on him for posting photoshopped images of women…so he took this opportunity to (in my opinion) distort this image quite OBVIOUSLY.

    don’t flip your bitch switch at the drop of a hat. cripes!

    also, shannon, i received stickers in the mail today! yay! i guess i won the random drawing…woo! thanks 🙂 just in time for my new car…

  16. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    this is in response to #54 aka “moi”…

    um. are you serious? i’m pretty certain that shannon didn’t photoshop the picture to “perpetuate the current (unhealthy) beauty trend”. he photoshopped it as a joke, for god’s sake. recently many people have jumped on him for posting photoshopped images of women…so he took this opportunity to (in my opinion) distort this image quite OBVIOUSLY.

    don’t flip your bitch switch at the drop of a hat. cripes!

    also, shannon, i received stickers in the mail today! yay! i guess i won the random drawing…woo! thanks 🙂 just in time for my new car…

  17. moi Avatar
    moi

    in response to #57 aka “minibeth”…

    i specifically tried to be rational and objective, and not resort to name calling.

    check your bitch switch first, before accusing me my dear.

  18. moi Avatar
    moi

    in response to #57 aka “minibeth”…

    i specifically tried to be rational and objective, and not resort to name calling.

    check your bitch switch first, before accusing me my dear.

  19. faye Avatar
    faye

    bees knees! that’s just so cute! i love the look on her face.

    ( i have to say, i’m laughing my ass off, i thought the title and the caption were a pretty good hint that she’d been photo shopped! ; ) good one shannon

    people get their panties in a twist too easily now a days! hey, i have panties like that! ; )~

  20. faye Avatar
    faye

    bees knees! that’s just so cute! i love the look on her face.

    ( i have to say, i’m laughing my ass off, i thought the title and the caption were a pretty good hint that she’d been photo shopped! ; ) good one shannon

    people get their panties in a twist too easily now a days! hey, i have panties like that! ; )~

  21. REalvirtuAL Avatar

    Book,
    I love your feet tattoo’s, You look awsome! You should tell shannon not to photoshop your pictures, they make you look skiny. LOL 😉

    REAL

  22. REalvirtuAL Avatar

    Book,
    I love your feet tattoo’s, You look awsome! You should tell shannon not to photoshop your pictures, they make you look skiny. LOL 😉

    REAL

  23. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Moi – Yeah, you got me… ModBlog is my attempt to perpetuate normalicy 😛

    Ani – There’s no use of the clone stamp…

  24. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Moi – Yeah, you got me… ModBlog is my attempt to perpetuate normalicy 😛

    Ani – There’s no use of the clone stamp…

  25. Hold Fast Avatar
    Hold Fast

    the sad part is that even though she’s photoshopped *impossibly* thin, people still think she’s hot, and I have to say I agree. what does that say about our perceptions of beauty?

  26. Hold Fast Avatar
    Hold Fast

    the sad part is that even though she’s photoshopped *impossibly* thin, people still think she’s hot, and I have to say I agree. what does that say about our perceptions of beauty?

  27. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    i was actually number 58. and it’s mimibeth. not minibeth.

    had to clarify.

  28. mimibeth Avatar
    mimibeth

    i was actually number 58. and it’s mimibeth. not minibeth.

    had to clarify.

  29. jess Avatar
    jess

    if my iam page is set to “members-only” with NO public access, my diary and mod-tracker pics aren’t up for grabs for modblog are they? yikes.

  30. jess Avatar
    jess

    if my iam page is set to “members-only” with NO public access, my diary and mod-tracker pics aren’t up for grabs for modblog are they? yikes.

  31. moi Avatar
    moi

    shannon, i know that’s clearly not your goal. that’s why i was surprised that YOU of all people would do that. meaning i held you to a higher standard.

    and yes, it was just one jokingly done image. but put in a larger context, we get bombarded with with this message, one image at a time.

  32. moi Avatar
    moi

    shannon, i know that’s clearly not your goal. that’s why i was surprised that YOU of all people would do that. meaning i held you to a higher standard.

    and yes, it was just one jokingly done image. but put in a larger context, we get bombarded with with this message, one image at a time.

  33. Natalia Avatar
    Natalia

    I don’t see how this is obviously Photoshopped, and how she is impossibly thin, and if I may, from some of the comments above, there are at least a few people out there of that size as well. I know I am, but with a more ample chest (which I hope is proof enough that I am exactly the size I am supposed to be–I would hope my body would have the sense to not invest fat into 32D breasts if it were needed somewhere else :oP)

    I want those adorable left right tattoos on my hands! They would make my life so much easier!

  34. Natalia Avatar
    Natalia

    I don’t see how this is obviously Photoshopped, and how she is impossibly thin, and if I may, from some of the comments above, there are at least a few people out there of that size as well. I know I am, but with a more ample chest (which I hope is proof enough that I am exactly the size I am supposed to be–I would hope my body would have the sense to not invest fat into 32D breasts if it were needed somewhere else :oP)

    I want those adorable left right tattoos on my hands! They would make my life so much easier!

  35. Circus Avatar
    Circus

    I think its funny how Shannon had a reference to photoshop IN THE TITLE, yet it wasnt until 47 comments later (plus an admission!) that anyone realised this… haha…

    she looks 8 feet tall!

  36. Circus Avatar
    Circus

    I think its funny how Shannon had a reference to photoshop IN THE TITLE, yet it wasnt until 47 comments later (plus an admission!) that anyone realised this… haha…

    she looks 8 feet tall!

  37. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    jess – No, that link should only work for IAM members.

    Hold Fast – I don’t think it says anything, really. The way we see stuff in our mind is different than how they appear when we see a low res 2D photo. Photoshopping and artistic manipulation, from my point of view, is to make a photo look its best, to make a photo look like your mind would have captured it at the moment rather than a camera.

    moi – I fail to see why it’s an issue (see my answer above).

  38. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    jess – No, that link should only work for IAM members.

    Hold Fast – I don’t think it says anything, really. The way we see stuff in our mind is different than how they appear when we see a low res 2D photo. Photoshopping and artistic manipulation, from my point of view, is to make a photo look its best, to make a photo look like your mind would have captured it at the moment rather than a camera.

    moi – I fail to see why it’s an issue (see my answer above).

  39. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    The picture looks slightly distorded, like her body is rubbery and bending in the wrong places. Is this an effect of photoshop, or the angle that the photo was taken at?

  40. Nyarlathotep Avatar

    The picture looks slightly distorded, like her body is rubbery and bending in the wrong places. Is this an effect of photoshop, or the angle that the photo was taken at?

  41. penski Avatar

    Shannon > Photoshop callouts.

    🙂

    *n

  42. penski Avatar

    Shannon > Photoshop callouts.

    🙂

    *n

  43. Hold Fast Avatar
    Hold Fast

    haha I agree with penski….
    I mean, it *is* Shannon’s blog after all…. he does what he wants :]

  44. Hold Fast Avatar
    Hold Fast

    haha I agree with penski….
    I mean, it *is* Shannon’s blog after all…. he does what he wants :]

  45. milquetoast Avatar
    milquetoast

    I love the bee tattoos, such a cute idea.

  46. milquetoast Avatar
    milquetoast

    I love the bee tattoos, such a cute idea.

  47. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i like her feet…

  48. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i like her feet…

  49. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    And this is the reason I have never submitted to BME – I refuse to give permission to have my photos modified or published without my explicit permission. I’d be furious if this photo were of me, or if I were the photographer.

  50. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    And this is the reason I have never submitted to BME – I refuse to give permission to have my photos modified or published without my explicit permission. I’d be furious if this photo were of me, or if I were the photographer.

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