I’m so excited to have a new regular feature here on Bower Power! It’s the start of Photoshop Tutorials…and hopefully (fingers and toes officially crossed) it will land here every Tuesday morning. See me and my bad scheduling self! Yup…Mondays will be a project post of some sort and Tuesdays you can expect to see something photography related…this time, it’s something for Photoshop. If you don’t have Photoshop and aren’t interested in photography related bizness, may I suggest a whirl in the Project Gallery? It’s chalk full of yummy goodness like DIY projects and arts & craft stuff and an entire section dedicated to tablesettings. Pappap get on that 🙂
Today our Photoshop Tutorial is for the girls. Not just the female gender…but specifically THE GIRLS on us girls 🙂 Yup…we are talkin’ boobs. Hollah! Twinsies! Yup…you get to see me giving myself a boob job.
After you fish your mind outta the gutter, let’s go.
First open the file you would like to edit in Photoshop. I have CS4 so that is what I’m working with today folks. And this photo is straight outta the camera (SOOC) so please disregard the bald spot, undereye darkness and cool white balance. I first made a copy of my file by grabbing the ‘background’ in my layers box and dragging it down to the ‘create new layer’ icon on the bottom. Let go of it with your mouse and bam! background copied.
Then I select that copy of the background (indicated below with a red arrow) and go to FILTER down to LIQUIFY.
A new liquify window should pop open. First I select the BLOAT tool on the left (indicated with white arrow) and make my brush size roughly the size of the boob I wanna plump. I keep my brush rate in the low 20’s so it doesn’t bloat too fast (nothing can ruin a boob job like rushing). Then I click on the very center of my flat boob until it looks about right. Sometimes, you gotta fill out the sides. Go slow. You are playing doctor.
You can see that the image gets stretched (or bloated) and the pixels get pushed around that circle tool to make it look more natural. If you make a mistake, just click the RECONSTRUCT tool and paint over the area that got funky and it should return the deflated boob once more.
Now before we go on, let’s talk Tata Responsibility. Let’s be perfectly honest. In a land full of Instagram filters and photoshop, there can be an urge to make yourself look like a Real Plastic Housewife of Barbie County. You might have the thought of giving yourself huge ole boobies that are so perky that your chin is resting on them. Don’t. Everyone will think you are weird to virtually modify your boobs and crazy that you believe yourself to be 14 again. This is a tool for enhancement…make the girls look age appropriate and believable. The key here is to make it completely unnoticable that you pumped up the funbags.
After you have bloated the jugs, time to make the background look unbloated. Time to click on the little box with an inner circle on the bottom of the Layers box. This is ADD LAYER MASK.
Now see the part that got bloated that looks weird? The purple arrow is pointing to the bit that has the bushes bloated too. It looks like my chest is having some sort of radiation effect on the shrubbery. Not cool.
So you are gonna first select the Layer Mask by clicking on it (circled in red) and then use your paintbrush to paint the bloated-but-shouldn’t-be area in black.
Now the background isn’t bloated but the boob is. Nice, eh?! Flatten your image down and BAM. Instant boob job.
The best part? You don’t have to pay a plastic surgeon 🙂 May the Facebook profile picture editing commence!
p.s. Please like me on Facebook. I’m asking very nicely and I did just give you new chimichangas 🙂 also…it’s my birthday 🙂
Amy @ drivethirtythree says
oh how i wish i had photoshop right now. i would have the perkiest boobs ever!!
😉
Kayla @ KiloBravoInspired says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I’m going to love this new Photoshop series…I am such a noob when it comes to photo editing.
Sarah says
#rollin thanks for the lesson on how to perk up the ladies 🙂 I am sure this will be useful at some point!
p.s. super excited about the new series!
Kyle says
Happy Birthday! Nice boobs! (I’m a girl if that makes this less awkward…or more…I don’t know.)
Rachel says
Happy, happy birthday!
Nicole says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Julia @ Chris Loves Julia says
Is it really your birthday?! Happy Birthday, Katie. I already like you on facebook. And in real life. Well….blog life. I can already tell this post is gonna go viral. 😉
Margaret says
Hilarious!
And Happy Birthday to Youuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Cec says
Nice tutorial. Now what about a reduction tutorial for ladies with ample “boob bloat”? Haha.
Crystal says
Love Photoshop tutorial Tuesdays! I’ve had Photoshop for probably a year and unfortunately still have no idea how to use it. I am rethinking my plastic surgery decision now that I know how to give myself a boob job, I could have saved soooooo much money if you would have posted this a year ago……..sigh. 😉 I already liked you on Facebook but if I could do it again I totally would. If it really is your birthday then Happy Birthday! Love your blog!
Lyndsey says
Happy Birthday pretty lady! A virtual boob job – what a nice birthday gift to yourself 😉 I may have to look into that for my next birthday. I’m sure the hubs would appreciate the price tag! I hope your day is extra special!
Bree says
Happy Birthday!!
Roxanne M says
Awesome tutorial!! and a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!! 🙂 Have a great day 🙂
Christina @ Homemade Ocean says
AHHHHHH HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
I am very super excited for this new feature!!!! And I give lots of love to the Liquify Gods almost every day! I can’t wait to learn all your top secret tricks!
And….I don’t mean to bug you and I have tried so hard to be patient but I am DYING to hear Weston’s birth story part two! Did I miss that?
Jayme says
I love you. forever and ever. Sometimes the girls just don’t look quite right, and now they can look perfect.
Saint status.
Jason says
Liking the new boobs!
Happy B-Day
my honest answer says
Happy Birthday Katie!
Very excited for more photoshop tutorials as well!
Lisa says
Happy Birthday! I’ve done a lot of photoshopping, but never had it occurred to me to photoshop my boobs. You crack me up!
Amanda says
Happy Birthday Katie! May the coming year be as full of joy as the last one.
Rachael says
Katie, this is hilarious. And also helpful!!
Also, not to sound cray cray or anything, but I had a dream last night that I was hanging out with John & Sherry, and we spent the whole time talking about “how awesome Katie Bower is”. Haha!
julianna says
Happy birthday, Katie!
Ashley P says
AMAZING!!!! Thank you!
Amanda T. says
Happy Birthday!
andrea @ my kinda perfect says
katie bower, you’re hilarious! and, extremely helpful. i’m looking forward to the photoshop tutorials because i’m a newbie.
oh, and happy birthday!!!!! =) i hope your day is as fabulous as you are. and that you get spoiled with love from your boys!
Kristen says
Best. Post. Ever.
I giggled the entire time…
meganleiann says
I can’t believe you just did this post.
I love you.
Ammie says
Happy Birthday!!
Sara says
Happy Birthday!
Robyn says
Not sure if you’re aware, but the Liquify tool has a built-in masking feature.
Jen says
You are hilarious! I love this!
Sara says
If only this tutorial had been around when I was in middle school…
Jenny Stoudt says
Long time reader, first time commenter. First off – love your site and you all. That said, this post is disappointing, but please hear me out! I’m “well-endowed” as are many of our friends and we would ALL LOVE to be smaller, flatter, and generally downsized in the boobage. Instead of trying to pump yours up, be happy and grateful for them because there are those of us who would LOVE to be in your shoes. With bigger boobs comes earlier and more dramatic sagging (especially after a baby/breastfeeding), aching and lower back pain for some, and big boobs don’t fit in many shirts. I can go into Target and hold up an XS and XL top or dress and the area allotted for boobs is often times the same amount. And don’t get me started on swimsuits. It’s so easy to find bottoms, but one pieces and tiny bikini tops are OUT. For those of us who have serious boobage, the issues become even greater. Be thankful and PROUD of your smaller chest. Don’t feel the need to add on or pump up! You’re so beautiful “straight outta the camera”!
Aimee says
You. Crack. Me. Up!!! Happy Birthday!
Janelle says
This was your dream post, wasn’t it? Did you count how many times you got to say boobs and all of its slang terms? Post of a lifetime! 😉
By the way, I think it’s so inspiring how much progress you’ve made lately on your goals. Way to be brave!
Renee Hansen says
Happy birthday Katie! This tutorial is hilarious! AND I’m sure I’ll use it someday. 🙂
Chrissy Delacy says
I just peed my pants a little from this post. Everything you do makes me smile. This post is no exception. Work it Girl! Happy Birthday!
Kelly T says
Awesomeness! I’m a Photoshopping Fool and will love having this in my arsenal…especially after I’m done breastfeeding my baby and my once full-bodied gals will need all the help they can get!
Gina says
Happy Birthday and I could use a boob job like that too!!
Mary@TwoHappyLambs says
This is SO helpful! For so many more things than even breast augmentation! I’m off fb for 2013 but you were def in my likes, probably for the last two years, and when my break is over I won’t forget to get back on there. Love the new schedule! You’re an incredible wahm. Go you. I have a 2yo and a 5mo and posting three times a week feels like a part time job. But I love it and its great for our kids to see us fitting in time for the things that make us happy. Kudos!
Pamela says
Happy birthday beautiful!
Emily R. says
Happy Birthday! May you get all your hopes and dreams in addition to those 3 perfect boys.
Now I just need to figure out how to do liposuction in Aperture.
Carrie says
Is it really your birthday???? IF so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!
P.S. I liked you on FB last week! YAY
WendyMI says
I need this in reverse, please? 😉
And I liked.
Caitlin says
This is just awesome! I love your posts, they always make me laugh! Happy Birthday, Katie! Wishing you a very blessed year!
Tricia says
Katie – I have been following your blog for a few years now and never commented but what better time than after snort laughing for the 100th time at your posts and also on your birthday! So just want to say I love reading your blog – you are hilarious and so creative – and most of all – HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
PS: i am due in July with my first and have followed up on a ton of your baby related stuff – thanks for sharing – especially about the cloth diapers! 🙂
Emily says
Awesome! Thanks for the tips, and happy birthday! Hope it’s great! You deserve it!
How do you do all you do?! I just have one 20 month old son and can barely keep up. Everytime I read you blog, I think to myself “she must never sleep!”
Rebecca says
Happy Birthday!
Thanks for the lesson, I will take any help that I can get!!
Christina says
Happy bday!!
Erin says
I love every one of your posts, but Im not sure how youre going to top this one. This is just hysterical and amazing. Happy Birthday to youuu!!
Laura says
If today is really your birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
I enjoy your blog so much! I found you a while ago from YHL. Your home is beautiful. Your boys are amazingly cute! I love your writing style. You are so fun!
Laura
TX
Katy@TheOpenDoor says
Amazing. That is all.
ashley says
Happiest of Birthdays to you!! I hope you enjoy the day lovin’ on your babes!
Katie M. says
Happy Birthday! It’s my sister’s birthday today too – although I don’t think she needs a boob job, virtual or otherwise (someone got all the goods in this family and it wasn’t me…)
Jo-Anna says
Oh my gosh, this is beyond hilarious! Love it! And Happy Birthday!
Jo-Anna
Cassidy says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🙂
Liz says
Thanks for the new ta-tas! Happy birthday!
Sarah Davenport says
Katie, this is AWESOME! I love your idea of Tuesday Morning Tutorials! I admire your photog skills so much and can’t wait to see your tutorials! Thanks for dropping some knowledge 😉
Regina says
Even though I do not need a boob job (not in Photoshop nor in real life; my boobs are beyond ‘repair’), just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday! Your blog is so funny and inspirational!
Katelin says
Happy Birthday Katie B!!! Hope your day is great 😉
Nichole K says
Happy Birthday! Mine was yesterday so we’re almost birthday twinsies 🙂
Melinda R says
Happy Birthday!
tab says
Happy B- Day!!!
Awesome tutorial and I am excited about the new feature. I need photography help bad!!!
Heather says
This is hilarious! I love it and am so looking forward to these photoshop tutorials.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Lindsay says
Birth story part 2???
kate f. says
Best photoshop tutorial. Ever. Thank you!
Natalie Derrickson says
Katie Bower, giving us what we want! Happy birthday, girl!
freya says
yes! i just got photoshop so i am so excited to learn your tricks!! amazing idea!
liz @ btb says
Happy Boobday!….. I mean, Birthday! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve ‘fixed’ a flat boob or flat butt picture. I’ve been slowly teaching myself PS for a few years now, so it’s always fun to learn little tricks that other people already know.
Keep em comin!
Tara says
Happy birthday, Katie!! I am excited about your PhotoShop series… thanks for sharing your expertise! Consider yourself liked on Facebook! Have a great birthday!
Amy says
Seriously? Your birthday and you’re giving each of us ladies a perky present? You sweet thing.
Hope you have the happiest of birthdays, Katie!
Michelle says
Happy Birthday, Katie!!! I hope your day is filled with all the love and blessings you truly deserve 🙂 I soooo wish I knew you personally as a friend because I think you are so great! Love your blog, your amazing photog skills and most of all, your passion for life and your sweet family. Best wishes to you, my virtual friend!
Crissy says
Happy Happy Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!
johanna moore says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! I hope you have a blessed day!
Carolyn says
Hi Jenny- I am flat as a board (well, almost) as are many of my friends and we would ALL LOVE to be bigger. So thank you for the great reminders as to why “small girls” are actually a good thing! And may I be the one to remind you that “big girls” are awesome, too. Men, and our society in general, mostly believe that the bigger, the better when it comes to boobage. I work with teenage girls, many of whom are getting boob jobs (not the photoshop kind) at a very young age because they want to look better by society’s standards. If you are already well-endowed, enjoy it and be thankful! And let the rest of us dream in photoshop. 🙂
Oh, and happy birthday Katie!!
Stacy says
Happy Birthday!!! Love your blog!
Kim says
Happy Birthday Katie!!!
kate says
God bless you Katie B and your photoshop instructions that I can actually comprehend! My friends will be forever grateful for the new tata enhancing skillz I’ve just acquired and that my friend is priceless.
PS… HAPPY BIRTHDAY (we’re already FB friends so I’ll have to figure out another present for ya)!!!!!!!!!!
Keeley @ My Life on a Plate says
Happy Birthday!
Now, can you do a tutorial on boob REDUCTION? I look at photos of myself and say, “Oh lord, Jesus!”, especially now that I have a 6 month old baby.
TMI, I know.
hailey says
this is hilarious! and happy birthday!
Becky says
Hilarious! Why is it so funny to talk about boobs? But in all seriousness – the tutorial is great and I look forward to your photography posts! I’m looking forward to trying this – hopefully it works in photoshop elements cause I’m el cheapo and didn’t fork over the big bucks for CS4.
Chelsea @ Riding Escalators says
Happy Birthday, Katie! Thanks for the boobies!
Anne says
OMG! Katie Hilariousness! Happy Birthday!
Bethany Fegles says
This is hilarious, and will come in SO handy for me, considering I’d get a boob job tomorrow if it didn’t mean having repeated surgeries or foreign objects in my body! Thank you!! 🙂 Happy, Happy Birthday Katie!!!
Laura says
Best tutorial ever! And I’m totally going to see what I look like with JWoww boobs.
Ragnhild, Norway says
Congratulations to you, Katie! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year and a half and I really like it. Happy birthday!
April says
I’m normally a silent reader of your blog, but I wanted to say thanks for all of your posts and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Hope you get lots of extra snuggles from your fellas!
Caitlin says
Happy Birthday!!
Is there a way to photoshop them smaller?
Katie says
Thanks so much for starting this Photoshop series!! I am just getting into Photoshop and know NOTHING! This is fabulous!
Happy Birthday!
Kristin says
Happy birthday!
Shannon says
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!
I’d kill for a legit boob job, but this just seems so much more fun, and budget friendly. O:) muahaha!
Shannon
Alise Hagan says
Happy birthday!!! Make it wonderful and eat lots of cake!
Alise Hagan says
PS: Did I miss the “Birth Story: Part 2” post? I sure hope not!!
Amanda says
Happy boobday… I mean birthday! I don’t Photoshop, and usually skip PS posts, but this one nearly made me pee my pants! And not just because I’m 7 months pregnant. You’re so talented at making boring stuff funny! I’m seriously waiting for the Katie Bower Joke Book to be published. Or maybe some sort of self-help or instructional book about a riveting topic like taxes or algebra that you could make interesting and funny, with a great color palette to boot! Lots of love!
Teddi says
holy crap. I love you. I’m off to photoshop my girls.
Natalia says
Happy Birthday Katie! Hope you have an awesome day. Wishing you lots of bacon. P.S. Your boob job looks great:)
Melissa says
You rock Katie! Happy birthday to you!
Jae says
This is really helpful. Thank you!
karen says
fun bags…hahahahahaaha…HB!
Beth says
Wow! New boobs for your birthday! And they’re FREE and painless! Sign me up too!
Alicia says
This is so freaking exciting! Both the boob job tutorial and future tutorials! Thanks!!! And happy birthday!
KatyO says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Best photoshop tutorial EVER.
Sarah@SarahElizabethHome says
Oh my gosh, best post ever! You are hilarious!
Riss says
HA! this made my day. Happy Birthday.
Laura J. says
Happy birthday!!!! Hopes those boys spoil you rotten!
Kelsey says
Happy Birthday Katie! Can’t wait for more photoshop tutorials, I am in some desperate need of them. I love your photography, hope you give more photo tips as well!
harlie says
Hah! I’m pretty good with Photoshop and there are precious few photos in our house that aren’t retouched. Still, I’ve never considered using it for a cheap boob job before! I love it. You crack me up! Happy Birthday!
Tracy says
You are too funny! Looking forward to more of your Photoshop tutorials!
CC says
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE B!!!
You’re so good with boobies! 😉
Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House says
Happy birthday!
Ginger Noble says
Happy Birthday, Katie!! I saw over @ Younghouselove’s blog that today is your birthday! You’ve got to get that shirt she found! How did your mum-mum’s birthday turn out? Did she get a lot of cards? Hope you have a great day!
Jen @ RamblingRenovators says
You just gave yourself the best birthday gift ever. Happy birthday Katie B!
Laura says
LOVE! you are hilar
Louise says
I am incredibly turned off by realising you photoshop your boobs in your blog photos and/or think it is perfectly acceptable to do so 🙁 There are so many body image and self acceptance issues that it raises. Isn’t real life/real flat boobs good enough? Now there will be hundreds if not thousands of women who read your blog post and get the implicit message that they aren’t good enough as they are. This goes way beyond smoothing out skin for me.
ErinY says
oh. my. gosh. Of course you would go there! This is too funny. Who doesn’t want to play around with that a little?! And who doesn’t want a boob job for their birthday?? Happy birthday Katie Bower- FREE BOOBS FOR EVERYONE!
Angela says
Happy birthday! Nice tattas. 🙂
Katy says
Give Katie a break. She is just having fun! Plus, its her birthday.
Angela says
Happy Birthday! Really…you kept that very quiet, so may I request a gift post to add to your list please. 🙂 Best boob job I’ve ever seen. I don’t photoshop, but if or when I do, this is definitely a great tip!!
Mary | lemongroveblog says
Ha, ha!! You got me laughing over here! Great tutorial though! For the next time my photos are in need of some enhancements 😉
Jamie says
I can finally have big girl boobs! I’m busting out of my training bra!
Maureen says
Happy Birthday!!
Barbi says
I just have to say…I giggled like a school girl the whole way through this post 😀 I don’t know why! It was just so matter of fact. Photoshop Boob Job, just like one would say Photoshop Color Correction Tutorial. I love it. Keep up the sincerity/hilarity, Katie! I happen to love it when you “fly your freak flag” and be yourself 🙂 I mean seriously, where else can you find a tutorial like this? Thanks!
P.S. *anxiously awaiting the next installment of the birth story*
Jakki @ http://lottieandme.blogspot.com.au/ says
Happy Birthday Katie! Hope you have a fabulous day!
Steph says
um. you’re hilarious – ha! Great post.
Mommydale says
I almost died reading this!! Oh my word! AND it’s your birthday? Hope you had a great day! Totally random – but will you be making it to the ATL signing of your pals the Petersiks?
Carolyn says
This was quite possibly the funniest photoshop tutorial I’ve ever seen. Love it. Haha.
Kayce says
Happy Birthday Katie! I hope you’ve had a wonderful day celebrating! Another year older means another year wiser… I love that! Birthdays are also a fantastic excuse to eat more cake! Hope you’ve enjoyed yours!
Jenn says
Happy Birthday KB!
An says
yayyyyy!!!! Thank you! I am so glad you are doing these. I have had Photoshop for a while and have found several things online, but I seriously have no clue what I’m doing.. Please continue this!
Sara says
So excited for the Tuesday boobshop tutorials!!
Sarah(20state) says
Best.tutorial.ever!! Off to google photoshop boob tweak right now..er maybe not… Happy b’day!
Whitney says
Awesome! I love learning new photo tutorials. Also…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I hope it was wonderful!
Jules says
This made me laugh really hard!! It never crossed my mind to photoshop boobs!
Destiny says
Happy Birthday from Destiny (And Danl who shares your special (2.5) day!)
I hope that you were surrounded by those you love and those who love you on your special day.
Debbie says
Happy Birthday Katie!! Hope that your boys did something to make your day special. Thanks for adding a little bit of fun to my everyday with your blog. Love reading all of your stories, tips, and tutorials. And I so admire that you can do it all while raising your sons, taking care of a husband and a house – you’re a star!
Katie V. says
Happy birthday, Katie! I hope you had an awesome day!
Stephanie says
First off, Happy Birthday! Secondly, super funny post (and helpful). I read it in my reader and then popped over to see if any crazies left you snarky comments. Looks like they have not been by yet. Maybe that is your birthday present? Ha!
Love your site, you are such an entertaining writer and I love that you are willing to share your life with us. Keep up the realness and humor, that is why we love you.
brittany says
I am so excited about your new series! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Brenda says
Hahahahaha- this post made my day.
Lillian says
Wow! You are awesome! I love your crafty/diy posts, love this photoshop post, and I love your family posts, especially the breast feeding post. Inspirational. Keep up the awesomeness!
mirka says
Happy Birthday!!! What a wonderful birthday you must be having with your brand new little one and those boobies too…hahahahha
Katie says
Yup! I can’t wait! I told Sher that I must have my own photo at the table with her signing my own copy 🙂
xo – kb
Katie says
haha…I don’t actually photoshop my boobs…but I’m not above that technique if one looked wonky. I actually am very proud of my boobs…I am not very proud of my cellulitey thighs…but boobs get a solid A-ok 🙂
xo – kb
Katie says
Not yet! I haven’t yet posted that but I promise it will come soon enough!
xo – kb
Katie says
There is! You can use the same liquify window and use the ‘pucker’ tool instead of bloat 🙂
xo – kb
Elizabeth says
Happy Birthday! And isn’t the liquify tool amazing? I discovered it about five years ago, and haven’t looked back since!
Katie says
haha…you can still open the liquify window and use the pucker tool instead of the bloat tool! That should get them suckers puckered.
xo – kb
Katie says
It is! Love your kitchen plan by the way! Can’t wait to see it come to life 🙂
xo – kb
Katie says
Ha – I don’t sleep! That’s how!
xo – kb
Amelia says
Happiest of Birthdays to you! And yet again you have my ROL. Love your writing.
Charlotte says
Not sure which is worse… the boobage deflation after kids or the idea that I’m totally trying to learn Photoshop via this tutorial! 🙂 One day I’ll look back at the glorious picture of me with 22 year-old-tatas and remember when.
Photoshop’s hard, yo!
Thanks!
xo
Charlotte
Katie says
SHE DID! She needed it too! She loved it and I can’t wait to talk to her to see exactly how many she got 🙂
xo – kb
Katie says
HAHA! You crack me up.
xo – kb
Katie says
I know. Seriously Katie…get on that.
xo – kb
Katie says
You didn’t miss it…it’s coming…just slow going with all these projects!
xo – kb
Pip says
Happy Birthday Katie!
Is there a de-bloat tutorial for enormo-lacto-breast- feeding boobies?
Lynn says
Love it KB!…
Thanks for showing us a simple tutorial that ANYONE can find if they know a little bit about photoshop…heck even a simpler editing program (picmonkey, picassa etc) may have something similar. I do not think you are making anyone of us ladies feel badly about ourselves because you showed us a TUTORIAL. (this was to the snarks…BTW)
Keep up the great work KB and the tutes. They are so helpful! Because you can take what she applied to the ladies…and use it elsewhere in photos too!
XOXO
Natasha says
Great tutorial
LOVE the new series!
Hope you had a good Birthday 🙂
Jaime says
Katie, you are hilarious! love it!
Happy belated birthday! hope you had an amazing day!
Kristi says
I haven’t used photoshop since HS – wow! Photog problem: I have some heartbreakingly adorable shots of my newborn but when printed his skin looks mottled and red (low lighting). Shots in natural light (hard to come by in my house) print beautifully. I’m a photoshop idiot and not great with my DSLR either. Any shooting or editing tips? Happy bday!
Katie says
Here is a tutorial about how I edit newborns. Hope that helps a little!
xo – kb
carrie says
You are so funny! Happy Birthday! The boobs look great (is it weird that I wrote that?).
Katie says
There is! Instead of using the bloat tool just use the one above it – called pucker 🙂
xo – kb
Lauren says
Best Post Ever! Super Funny!
Aimee C. says
pumped up the funbags…literally laughing out loud. Happy birthday!
Leah says
I find this really detrimental, especially for young readers, and this sealed why I won’t be returning to this blog again. Bodies should be accepted and rejoiced for the way they are. This is further circulating myths and standards that women and their body parts need to look a certain way. A “wonky” breast is sometimes reality. And reality is beautiful; false photoshopping is not.
Kelly says
I, too, am incredibly disturbed by this post. My 13-year-old daughter likes to read your site, but I’m going to have to reconsider allowing her to do so. Is talking about breasts wrong? Nope. Is photoshopping the world to a point where nothing looks wonky or wrinkled or imperfect? Yes. I’m incredibly disappointed.
Bonnie says
So funny!!! Next let’s get rid of my zits!!!
Pam says
Happy Birthday. You make me smile.
tess says
I think if you read this blog enough you should know that KB is a jokester and this post wasn’t about society’s issues regarding body image. She is simply giving photoshop tips, and this was a funny, very her way to do so. Assuming that she means imperfect breasts or any other body part needs to be photo-shopped is a little dramatic.
Gabrielle C. says
Kelly, if your 13 year old goes to public school, watches TV, looks at magazines or reads a books, you must live in a state of constant disappointment, but kudos to you for actually knowing what she looks at online. Take this tutorial as a jumping off point for a discussion about boob jobs and how shes beautiful just the way she is. Besides, for some of us, its a really handy tutorial when we have paying photography clients who want some “work” done.
Gabrielle C. says
LOVE IT!! and very hand to have on hand too. Must go play nip tuck now!
Rachel says
This thoughtless and shallow post is disturbing to me, as well. Katie, you should know better.
Louise says
It is having fun – it is actually funny – but there is no ‘just’. Having fun with body image can still be bad for body image.
Sarah says
I agree with a few of the other posts above…I think it’s sad that technology has advanced so far that even candid photos are edited to alter our bodies.
Mommydale says
I think that is perfectly acceptable and my excitement over meeting the Petersiks has just gone up knowing I get to meet you as well!!
🙂
Lindsay says
I love this!!!! You are HILARIOUS! I’m off to start editing my profile pics! Little Mama got an instant boob job!!
Jamie says
This is amazing! Nothing wrong with a little virtual boob lift 🙂
Katie says
Hi Kelly,
I completely agree. I don’t think talking about boobs is wrong…and I also love imperfection. I didn’t mean for this post to come across as any kind of statement…I don’t think I’ve ever even photoshopped my own boobs to make them bigger (I have removed a stray nip or two though). It wasn’t meant to influence anyone to believe that their boobs aren’t big enough or perfect enough or they need to alter themselves…it was to show a really fun tool in photoshop. I work as a photographer and I do have some folks that make ‘alteration’ requests – like minimizing their muffin top and making their rosaca disappear and making their hair fuller if it looks flat. I was merely trying to teach a computer program in a fun and lighthearted way…hope that makes sense!
xo – kb
Nicole J says
You’re hilarious! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Kelly C. says
This is hilarious! Lighten up all!
Eilene says
Wow, feel the need to step in and defend Katie on this post. Katie is a photographer… she has a wonderful artistic eye. Just look at the work she’s done! In the ‘before’ picture your eye goes to that flat space instead of the belly… which should be the focus. By enhancing the bust profile… which probably just seemed flat because of the way she’s facing the camera…. it actually draws the eye to focus in on the belly. She’s brilliant. She actually made her breast fuller looking so you don’t notice them as much. I think it’s beautiful and natural looking. She still looks like herself. Anyone who reads her blog regularly knows that Katie is not afraid to show her pregnant butt or anything else. As for the young readers… they should see this post. It would show them how not to be afraid to be themselves or put themselves out there… or heaven sake… have a sense of humor. What we should be showing our young people is how to be real.. and you don’t get much more real than Katie. She seems like a beautiful person inside and out. Now leave Katie alone on her birthday! haha
Carly Long says
Just catching up. Love the tutorial. Could be very useful. Not for my boobs though. Happy late birthday!
carrie says
Like!
Erin @ The Great Indoors says
Hahahahaha– love this! You can give me a boob job anytime, Katie! 😉
Gray says
Thanks for just one more item I must add to my “want” list…but I guess to properly use Photoshop I should get a nice camera to, so really that 2 🙂
And I don’t know why people are ragging on you, this was HILARIOUS and awesome.
Also, I loved meeting y’all last night at the YHL event! Weston is infinitely more adorable in person and his cute little onesie looked so warm and cuddly I was jealous! Why is it no socially acceptable for us all the wear onsies when its cold?
Valerie says
LIKE!
artprojectgril says
This is so funny.
artprojectgril says
Might be a lot less work to buy some gel pads:) though!
Rachael says
Not to detract from the opinionated convo, but in the first paragraph it says ” It’s chalk full of yummy goodness…” The correct saying is actually “chock full”…isn’t it funny how sayings evolve?
Katie says
Yeah…mistyped at 2am. Sorry. I guess even spell check wouldn’t have caught that one! (guffaw…like I use spell check! ha!)
xo – kb
Katie says
Seriously! Let’s change that idea that onesies are only for babies…I feel like Beyonce was leading the charge at the Superbowl 🙂
xo – kb
Lindsay says
LOVE!! Go Eileen… and Katie too!
Kate says
you are hilarious! When I saw this title I thought, surely this is a play on words and not for real. Haha!
Cara Jeanne says
I have debated (obviously) for a while if I should comment on this blog post.
DISCLAIMER: I do not want to come across as a “snark” as previously stated in an earlier comment, nor do I want to come across as attacking Katie for her tutorial, but I just wanted to put in my two cents. Also, this is a bit long.
1. I understand this is Katie’s “personal” blog, but with reaching so many people, and a variety of people, understanding the ramifications of such posts as this is important.
Nobody can escape the thousands of media messages we get bombarded with weekly. Women and men of all ages are constantly told that there is something they can improve on. When I first saw the unedited photo, I couldn’t even tell that Katie’s boob looked “wonky.” It just looked totally normal to me. Katie is a gorgeous woman, with or without a “wonky boob.” Regarding other women I encounter, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought to myself, “I wish I looked like…” or “I wish I could have ____ like she does.” This is fine in small doses, because I do have a fairly healthy self esteem and am happy with my looks (I am 25, btw). But there are days when my self esteem is not what it should be, and there are women who have consistently low self esteem and thoughts like this can break spirits. I understand there are perfectly reasonable reasons for photoshop tutorials like this, but posting this in the public domain can have negative consequences. For those who have said “it’s funny” or “it’s just a little virtual enhancement,” tiny comments about body image can truly impact someone deeply.
When we make tiny comments about our bodies, or stress about tiny imperfections, especially those brought on by aging or having children, we are equating these life changes with imperfection, which has to be wiped out. Now, I’m not saying that when women complain about their thighs or stomach, or whatever, that those around her will spiral downward into anorexia, bulimia or other serious ailment. What I am saying is, words matter. Words have ENORMOUS power to affect someone. We can create change, or destroy lives, with words. We have all seen examples of this. Regardless of whether this “wonky boob” was noticeable or not, why can we not say “enough is enough” and embrace any imperfection?
Approximately 80 percent of all 10-year-old girls have dieted at least once in their lives, according to recent data released by the Keep It Real campaign. When I was a child, I remember one instance of being teased by my siblings and being called “fat” and ran home from a playground crying. I was FAR from being chubby – I was your average child. I have battled self esteem issues. It has taken me a long time to embrace my big butt, my “large” nose and my body as a whole. My body has enabled me to walk, swim, jump, dance, etc, some things that some people cannot do. I do not take for granted the great joy in being able to walk, swim, jump, dance, etc. But it has taken a long time to accept my body for all the things modern society and mass media deem unacceptable or displeasing.
Media has twisted and contorted women’s bodies and appearance into a perfect state, that no one – not even those who have been Photoshopped for magazine covers and photo shoots – can achieve. It can be disheartening to constantly see celebrities who have been airbrushed to the point of looking fake. Women have wrinkles. Women have cellulite. What message are we sending to our young daughters and sisters when we have to photoshop something so we are comfortable with the photo?
Your blog is your opinion, and I hope that by posting this comment, I have made you consider my point as well. How many of us women have praised our bodies in the presence of others, or with our children? On the flip side, how many of us have shown our children that we are constantly dieting, or make rude comments about our own bodies that we would never say about others? IT IS TIME TO STOP. We have to love ourselves, imperfections be damned. In caring about ourselves, and others, it is important to remember that we ourselves are perfect.
In the short term, is a tutorial on a virtual boob enhancement going to destroy someone’s life? No, probably not. But being told over and over again that imperfections are wrong and need to be fixed, that aging bodies, wrinkles, stretch marks, and women’s bodies are things to be hidden or changed … that can destroy someone. In the long run, words about body image can change someone. They can cause 10 year old girls to diet. We should celebrate our bodies, celebrate our beauty, and lastly, unite to change the messages that modern society and mass media tell us.