A UK mum was in tears after insensitive staff at a photography studio took the liberty of photoshopping her daughter’s face.
Lauren Holsten took her daughter, Lexi to have professional family portraits made at The Domingo Portrait company in Kent. She was furious to discover when she returned to collect the finished pictures that the photographer had photoshopped the 18-month-old’s picture to edit out her birthmark.
Lauren had previously had professional snaps taken of the little girl and had never encountered anything like this.
Speaking to Metro UK, Lauren said:
“I was really upset and I cried. I’ve never experienced anything like that. The other company had never asked about it and never offered to airbrush it out.
“Even if they had I wouldn’t have it done because it wouldn’t look like her.”
The distraught mother returned to the studio with Lexi’s father and told the newspaper that she found the staff rude and unapologetic:
“She basically said she thought it was a ‘cut’ which it quite obviously it isn’t. She said they edit all cuts out. She was very rude and didn’t apologise.”
In response, the The Domingo Portrait company have changed their policy though they maintain that any parent who doesn’t want their children airbrushed should let the company know. Obviously not parents themselves then.
“We did not know it was a birthmark first of all. We airbrush the pictures. Any customers who don’t want their picture airbrushing, they let us know. She should have told the photographer it was a birthmark and she didn’t want it airbrushed.”
“We have already changed our policy. We are going to make sure we ask parents about birthmarks.”
Perhaps it’s just safer to assume that none of us want our children airbrushed.
Story via Metro UK
