It is very normal for professional photographers to pose subjects separately or use head shots on the body of a different photo. In this case, the lighting on all of their faces is too consistent and similar, and indicates their faces were photographed separately and then composited. You would be surprised by the number of movie star promo photos you see where they have put the actor’s head on a different subjects body
Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
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#12There’s stuff doing the rounds on twitter from a investigative journalist that’s pretty dark. This image stuff is adding fuel to that fire.
Don't leave us hanging. Which journalist?
Just search for Kate Middleton.
The (soapy) speculation is that Kate is either ill, dead, or missing for some other reason.
It is quite strange to post - and then have to kill - a montage with obvious flaws when a real photo should have been so much easier.
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#13This seems to a bit more informative as to the issues:
https://twitter.com/chrisshipitv/status/1766947758529822803/...
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#14I’m not much of a royal watcher but I do find this story fascinating. I suspect the reality is going to end up being boring: people at the palace (or William himself given he apparently took the photo) are a combination of arrogant and insecure enough that they took a perfectly good but not quite perfect photo and felt like they had to edit it until it looked exactly like they decided it should. But we’ll see.
Probably, but doing that for a high profile person that is the subject of wild speculation because of a recent absence isn't smart.
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#15Am I the only one to think of the text editor when I see Kate without much context in a title ?
Re: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
#16It seems someone removed objects from the kids hands? Maybe a branded thing or something personal. Maybe an animal.
Re: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
#17I’m not much of a royal watcher but I do find this story fascinating. I suspect the reality is going to end up being boring: people at the palace (or William himself given he apparently took the photo) are a combination of arrogant and insecure enough that they took a perfectly good but not quite perfect photo and felt like they had to edit it until it looked exactly like they decided it should. But we’ll see.
Probably, but doing that for a high profile person that is the subject of wild speculation because of a recent absence isn't smart.
Arrogance overpowering sensible decision making feels like a royal trait, at least.
Re: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
#18It is very normal for professional photographers to pose subjects separately or use head shots on the body of a different photo. In this case, the lighting on all of their faces is too consistent and similar, and indicates their faces were photographed separately and then composited. You would be surprised by the number of movie star promo photos you see where they have put the actor’s head on a different subjects bo…
But that's not normal for journalistic photos, which are assumed to be a record of an event that actually occurred.
Re: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
#19Am I the only one to think of the text editor when I see Kate without much context in a title ?
no you're not ;-)
Re: Kate image withdrawn by three news agencies amid 'manipulation' concerns
#20There’s stuff doing the rounds on twitter from a investigative journalist that’s pretty dark. This image stuff is adding fuel to that fire.
Lengthy March 7 piece with much background on difficulty of dealing with UK Royal Press Officers, and a timeline of Kate related events.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/this-is-just-weird-buzzfee...
by Ellie Hall.
“I cannot emphasize enough how out of character it is that a royal press team went on the record in response to what is essentially gossip.”