Hello Muse Review: Part 2

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So as soon as I received word that the raw files were ready (about a week and a day after the photo shoot), I had to leave on a week-long business trip, which went really well, but I was so impatient to get back to review the photos!

Anyhow, part of my review from before was that my husband and I were very easygoing about everything and let them weigh in much more regarding our hair, makeup, pictures, etc., and at one point during the middle of the shoot (during an outfit change), the person doing my hair put it in a ponytail, which was nice and all, but ponytails in general are just not the best look for me.

I asked her if she could leave it down, but she said it looked better up.

WELL, when I got the pictures back and scrolled through, I saw the ponytail pictures, and let's just say I respectfully disagreed.

Also, I didn't know this until yesterday, but they posted my husband's and my photos on their Facebook and blog, as I'm sure they do with all of their customers, but since I pride myself on being virtually (pun unintended) un-Googleable, it came as a shock since it wasn't discussed in either the contract or through e-mail. I have no doubts that they would take down the pictures if I asked, but had they asked me in the beginning, I would have declined.

Something wonderful that they did do was Photoshop the hell out of my arms!! Yiss! So I'm not really upset that they put up our pictures, since they worked a miracle on my unphotogenic figure. It's like the equivalent of a friend tagging you in a series of pictures on Facebook, but instead of leaving them as is, they Photoshop them ahead of time to make you look good.

So while most of our raw pictures had our goofy smiles and my fat arms, occassionally I would stumble across one that, if processed appropriately, had potential to be THE one.

And the photography studio did what they could to do what I could not: slim this girl down! And for that I thank them.

Our album should be arriving in a couple of weeks, so Part 3 will be posted soon after!

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