CAN I WIN MR OLYMPIA STEROID FREE????

Can the lone photographer compete for the high end campaigns. Can any aspiring fashion shooter Do everything by himself. Just when you thought.
You were doing OK somebody says. Don’t think much of the styling(the model brought her own clothes) or the hairs a little messy ( you said just just leave it ,no-one will notice, they just did)
And now when you look the model looks not so slim as she did in the viewfinder and her skin is
Well….how come I didn’t notice that???
No, well he can compete but no chance of winning the prize
I very much doubt that the 'lone photographer' has any chance of winning anything in the high end category.
Unless you get a team together MUA,Hair, Stylist and the new essential helper PS
Retouching and image manipulation etc has always been important in end product esp high end product in commercial photography.
See the story behind a Max Mara campaign by Steven Meisel.
http://photosource.netsville.com/2001/s_and_s/re_trecrgb.html
Much of the photoshop work in fashion is extensive
but unnoticeable unless leaked to the press eg Kate Winslett
An analogy might better explain:
if you want to read the full text
http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=83
Replace profit motivated bodybuilding organisations with major fashion magazines/shareholders/owners etc
Replace pro bodybuiding contests with high end magazine campaigns.
Replace steroids and supplements with Photoshop.
Replace bodybuilder with photographer.
Basic question:
CAN I WIN MR.OLYMPIA STEROID FREE?
Answer
Honestly? Slim to none. Zero, really, on a scale of 1 to 10.
CAN I WIN IN COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOSHOP FREE
Do whats expected in nearly every profit motivated,budget respecting
concern where an edge is needed, use whatever is available to you to get that edge....some call it cheating ,to others its called professionalism