Photoshop

Ashley and I went to get some photos taken for our work permits and Thai teaching licenses that are currently being processed.  Apparently the passport photos that we turned in were not acceptable, the wrong size, wrong colored background...whatever.  When we got to the store to get our photos, they ushered us into a backroom where we could "clean up" and do our make-up and hair before our photo shoot.  Well, we were on a time crunch between classes and super hungry for some lunch, so we didn't do a whole lot of "cleaning up."  Once we took the pictures they took us downstairs to wait while they were being processed.  But before they could print them, they went through the most extensive photoshop session I have ever seen for passport type photos.  First, they whitened our skin.  Why we need to look more white here of all places, I'm not sure.  Then, they put make-up on us in our photo.  I'm not complaining too much about this since they took away all the shine from my sweaty face.  They also added blush and lip tint.  Then came the weirdest part.  She literally spent nearly 10 solid minutes smoothing out and shaping our hair.  She "shaved" the sides and any irregularities, and colored in any parts where the background was showing through my wavy hair.  She made any highlights all uniform in color and then smoothed out the outline once again.  So weird!!  I had to take a picture - you can see her coloring in my hair.  After getting our prints, I look like a made-up, 12 year old version of myself...