Yes, I am a professional photographer who has worked in commercial, event, wedding and family photography over the years, but I am a girls girl first. Contrary to what beauty influencers may tell you, they are not the best people to preach what brand of makeup to buy. My fellow professional photographers and I are the best people to inform you which makeup will make you radiant on camera and what will make you look like undeniable trash when the final edits come through.

How do you even know if a photo is real or not anymore? My mother asked me this the other day and as a professional photographer I told her most of the time, I can tell, but I have a trained eye. Then it hit me, there’s a certain type of photo I don’t AI will every truly be able to mimic because… well it’s not actually digital.