{"id":248,"date":"2011-03-29T03:49:44","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T03:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2012-03-19T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T02:59:59","slug":"techtrends-never-take-a-bad-picture-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-never-take-a-bad-picture-again\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTrends &#8211; Never take a bad picture again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-250\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-never-take-a-bad-picture-again\/attachment\/cosmetic_image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-250\" title=\"cosmetic_image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cosmetic_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cosmetic Mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the risk of sounding incredibly vain, narcissistic, conceited, attention-whoring, etc., etc., I could never quite figure out why some people absolutely<em> hate <\/em>to have their picture taken.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I usually never have a camera handy when a great photo-op presents itself, but I&#8217;ve also never met a camera lens I didn&#8217;t love either.\u00a0 Whether that&#8217;s a good or bad thing is entirely up to individual interpretation.\u00a0 So, going on the assumption that those picture-phobic folks don&#8217;t like the way they look in photos, Panasonic has introduced a new camera that may be able to help.<\/p>\n<p>The Panasonic Lumix digital camera works in a couple of different ways to ensure a perfect picture with every shot.\u00a0 When the camera is in Cosmetic Mode, you can take portraits with different impressions of your skin.\u00a0 You can look like you just got a great tan, or defocus wrinkles or other imperfections.\u00a0 In Beauty Retouch Mode, you can modify the Esthetics of the picture to whiten teeth, smooth skin, take away shine, and other effects.\u00a0 You can also add Make-up on the lips, cheeks, eyes, and face.\u00a0 It&#8217;s like having Photoshop built into the camera! (Whether that&#8217;s a good or bad thing is entirely up to individual interpretation.)<\/p>\n<p>You can take a look\u00a0at some of the before and after shots from the company&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/panasonic.net\/avc\/lumix\/compact\/fx78_fx77\/touch.html\">website<\/a> and judge for yourself.\u00a0 If hearing\u00a0the words &#8220;Say Cheese!&#8221; makes you cringe, this\u00a0camera may help\u00a0you feel a little more comfortable about\u00a0capturing memories at the\u00a0next family gathering.\u00a0 Of course, true beauty comes from within, but a little help never hurt, right?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-never-take-a-bad-picture-again\/attachment\/retouch_image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251\" title=\"retouch_image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/retouch_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beauty Retouch Mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the risk of sounding incredibly vain, narcissistic, conceited, attention-whoring, etc., etc., I could never quite figure out why some people absolutely hate to have their picture taken.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-never-take-a-bad-picture-again\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech-life","category-techtrends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}