I got a lot of messages on last weeks little Instagram vs. Reality rant where I talked about face filters.🤗
I showed you guys a story with a face filter and one without.🙈
It’s funny to me how up in arms (is that even a saying and what does it mean?🤔) people get about filters, presets or photoshopping.
•First and foremost if it makes you feel better then why not?
•Second, these editing filter tools are not only used for fun but also to clean up your IG feed. The name of the game for content creators on IG is beautifully curated squares. Now I’m not fully invested in to making everything super perfect but I like presenting a visually appealing photo. It’s fun to play with pictures and well, it makes me happy and thats a good thing.
•And third, why oh why must people be so judgy?
I’m being honest and real about this because I have heard it so many times since starting my digitally storyteller dreams...
“Everything you see on social media is so fake.” I just don’t look at it like that. I look at it as people wanting to put their best foot forward. To share visually beautiful stories and images because they see their life in that beautifully lit light.✨
And what’s so wrong with that? Nothing!👊🏼
Ok so I showed you guys what a filter in a video story looks like (I think I saved it under “instaworld” or “Sooz” in my highlights.) but in the the vein of total transparency I want to show you an Insta vs. Reality photo post.
Now let me just say that I don’t often use actual face filters for my photos.
I generally just use a preset which adjusts the coloring of the photo.
But you guys know how I love my eyelash filters and so every now and then I take some eyelash filter snaps and they are too fun not to share.
This first photo is an example of a curated photo using an eyelash and face smoothing filter.
Swipe right to see the photo with no filter.📷
Clearly I’m making weird faces in both.🤪
So where do you stand on this, not important in the scheme of life, first world issue?
Pro filters or No filters?
In other news I actually made time to write this weekend so I’m hoping to have a blog or two up on heyitssooz.com (link in bio) this week.✍🏼
Happy Sunday Pals!💫