From Request to Laughter: The Unforgettable (Mis)interpretations in Photo Editing
Mastering and using Photoshop can be a lot of fun, like discovering a magical world where you can play around with pictures and make them look amazing. You see, people use Photoshop to make their photos look better or fix little mistakes, but there's a Photoshop genius named James Fridman who takes it to a whole new level.
What makes James so special is that he doesn't just do what people ask for in a typical way. He adds a twist of humor and creativity that makes his work stand out. Imagine asking him to make you look like a superhero, and he turns you into a hilarious comic book character! That's the kind of magic he brings to the world of photo editing.
Now, let's dive into some of James Fridman's coolest edits from the internet. You'll be amazed at how he transforms ordinary photos into something super funny and unexpected. His edits are like a window into a world where anything is possible, and you never know what delightful surprises await. So, get ready for a journey through the wacky and wonderful world of James Fridman's Photoshop masterpieces!
More interesting you say?
We thought the first photo on the left was quite interesting, but the girl in the picture wanted to spice up her image. So the artist who edited the photo added a bullfighting ring and a bull to the picture. What could be more interesting than a bullfighter? Pretty much nothing. It also helps that the dress is already red; in the second photo, you almost fear for this girl's life.
Still, we think the final photo would have been a tad better if there were actual people sitting in the stands. Why would a bullfighting ring be completely empty?
Poor man didn't see it coming
The man in this photo sent a request to remove the notes in the photo on the left. We don't know exactly why, as the whole picture looks a bit strange and the two look like they just woke up. But he got his wish and ended up with the photo on the right after the operation. We can only guess what kind of surgery he actually had to recover from.
We think it had something to do with his wording when he referred to the bowl of nuts, but that's half the fun of some of these photos. The girlfriend was also completely removed from the picture on the right.
A Covid version to remember
It may seem strange to want to commemorate the height of the Covid pandemic, but we can understand if that was when you were married. These two got married during the quarantine and the bride wanted a version of them with masks on so she could remember. However, she didn't actually get a version of her and her husband with Covid masks. Instead, they both got masks from that one movie about a mask, which is frankly much better.
How many people can honestly say they have wedding photos of themselves with THE mask on? We suspect not too many, unless you might be someone who worked on the set of The Mask.
Turned to stone
Isn't it annoying when a random person ruins a photo you really like? This girl thought so and asked for the man in the background of her phone to be removed. He was replaced with a stone statue similar to the one on the right, but he is still looking down at his phone. He must have been looking at something very interesting to turn him so completely into stone.
Perhaps the best thing about this picture is that you only realise after a second that one of the statues in the picture does not belong. It would have taken a while to spot it if we didn't have the photo on the left.
Anyone got a pool?
Candid photos can be great sometimes, but usually people just do things that look a bit strange when you capture them. This woman's sister-in-law happened to move her arm when this photo was taken and it looked a bit strange. She asked if something could be done to her sister-in-law's arm to make it look more natural. But as you can see, the only way to make it look more natural, was to add a pool stick and table.
But like most of the other photos on this list, the final photo does exactly what was asked of it. She looks much more natural while taking a shot.
That's definitely not the same Octopus
Compared to some of the other photos on this list, this is really an upgrade. This girl asked if she could be photoshopped to look more natural and less awkward. And there really isn't much wrong with the photo on the left (unless you are vegetarian or vegan). So she was just photoshopped in a diving suit, hanging out with what we can only assume is a very different octopus.
If somehow it does turn out to be the same octopus, that would actually be pretty pathetic, whether you are vegetarian or vegan or not. In the picture on the right, the octopus just looks like it is having a lot of fun.
All smiles
Many people have stood in this exact spot. The girl in this picture was not very happy that her boyfriend did not want to smile for the camera. So she asked if he would "look remotely happy to be with me". In the photo she got back, she was holding a laptop and her boyfriend tuned in remotely from what looks like a tropical island or something.
However, he is now smiling in the photo on the left. So her wish came true. But now it does seem a bit weird that he would rather be on a beach somewhere instead of coming to the shoot.
Changing a boyfriend's old shirt
This photo was submitted by a friend who complained that her boyfriend kept wearing the same shirt in all their photos. And honestly, who can blame him? And honestly, who can blame him? We all have that one t-shirt we prefer to wear all the time. Anyway, she asked to remove the Calvin Klein logo from the shirt. The photoshopped picture shows the boyfriend without his favourite shirt, but with a tattoo with the name of his favourite brand.
And we love it. We also loved his reaction when he posted the finished image on Twitter. He wrote, "his love will never deklein," which is just perfect.
Fingers replaced by toes
This one is probably rather obvious, but the girl in this picture asked for the man's two middle fingers to be removed. We can imagine why you would want something like that removed from a photo. But in the end, they were replaced by the man's index fingers. Still, they are his index fingers and not his middle fingers, which we think is much better than the pose he was in before.
It also just looks goofy, which is not a bad thing. In fact, if you hadn't seen the first picture, the second picture would be quite believable as far as some of these things are concerned.
Is the hair at least gone?
To be fair, this is a thoughtful request. The girlfriend in this picture noticed that her hair was all over her fiancé's face. So she asked to remove a few strands so you could see him clearly. Instead, she got a weirdly disproportionate neck. We think it achieves the same thing, but honestly, it looks like it would have been a lot more work than removing some hair.
But we could also be wrong, because we can't use Photoshop to save our lives. This might honestly have just been the easier and quicker solution, even if it does look a bit odd.
An embarrassing photo of an ex
Everyone has had an awkward photo of an ex. It's even worse when you actually like the photo, but it's just completely ruined by the fact that your ex is in it. This girl asked if her ex could be photoshopped out of the photo, which wouldn't really be easy. Her whole pose depends on something or someone supporting her arms and hands.
So the man photoshopped a man-shaped bush into the photo and it's pretty genius. Her ex is no more and her pose still makes sense, even if the reason why she is hugging a tree is a bit vague.
Watermark removed, mission accomplished
This Photoshop job is great on so many levels. This guy asked to remove the watermark, which is not that difficult if you are a bit familiar with Photoshop. However, it is also how photographers protect their work from unpaid use. That could be why this man just got back a completely unusable image. All that was done was that the entire middle section with the watermark was taken out.
The rest of the picture was just pushed down, making it look like the man has no neck or mouth. His proportions are also very strange in the second photo.
What is that left hand doing?
What is weirder than this man's hand in the left photo? Yes, it is his hand in the photo on the right. He actually asked if his left hand could look less awkward holding something. In the right photo, he is holding something, but it doesn't look any less awkward. We can't even take our eyes off it now. At least in the first picture, there was a chance of missing it.
That said, we do hope this man used the second photo for whatever he wanted to do with it, because it is absolutely hilarious. It would work for just about anything.
"How close can you get us?"
This poor couple. They asked to have their picture taken while they were on holiday, but for some reason, the random stranger taking their picture asked if they wanted to stand further apart. His reason? He wanted to make sure he got the tree in the background in the photo. It's a beautiful tree and all, but we don't know exactly what his obsession with it was. It is understandable that the girlfriend wanted to remove that uncomfortable space between her and her boyfriend from the photo.
But she probably did not have this in mind when she said she wanted her and her boyfriend to be "closer". There are serious attachment issues at play in that second photo.
Teach a man to fish...
If you have ever seen a picture on social media of someone hiking or doing something else outdoors but dressed all wrong for the occasion, you can probably relate to this picture. But to her credit, this girl knew what she was getting into when she asked to photoshop a picture of her with a fishing pole. She said, "can you make it look like I can really fish?".
The photoshopped picture is quite good. The fishing rod has turned into a net filled with all the "fish'' or comments you usually see in photos like this.
Why Photoshop out when you can Photoshop in?
For some reason, this bride-to-be had her photos taken at the edge of a construction site. There is a strange green wall and a weird pipe running across the ground. She asked for the pipe to be removed because it looked so strange. Instead of removing the pipe, the man editing the picture added a plumber to make the pipe look more "natural".
It actually ended up making the whole scene look like the cover of a novel. The plumber's face and thumb up are also just icing on the cake.
At least is the glass gone?
We're not sure why a glass just sitting on the table in front of you makes you look awkward, but this girl thought so and asked that it be removed from the picture altogether. The glass was removed, but she doesn't really look any less awkward in the second photo. In fact, it looks like she spilled her drink. Even her arm is wet in the right-hand photo.
However, we do like the fact that the slice of lime was left on the table. It really draws your eyes to the center of the photo and the spilled drink.
Taking the perfect homecoming photo
Prom photos are among the most important photos you take in high school. But the photographer who was supposed to combine the two pictures on the left apparently pulled out and these two were stuck with separate pictures of themselves. The girl asked if she could combine the two pictures. Her exact words were, "can you combine these two together?". But she didn't really specify which two she wanted together.
So what she got was a photo of her date with whoever it was, standing under a green sheet, and it is probably the most creative homecoming photo we have ever seen.
This is what the world looks like
We absolutely love this edit. The boy in the photo on the right asked, "In this photo, I forgot to take off my glasses. Can you take them off?" And as you can see (or can't see), the photo in the picture on the right has been made to look like it is from the perspective of someone wearing very thick glasses. We are not even sure why this child wanted his glasses removed.
There is nothing wrong with wearing glasses. We are pretty sure that about 50 percent of the population wears glasses. It makes you look smarter than you normally would.
Always close your eyes when you kiss
There are a few simple rules that almost everyone should follow, and one of them is to always close your eyes when you kiss. Nobody wants to look like that goofy guy who kisses with his eyes open; it's just a bit creepy. It's also quite hilarious. The man in this picture asked to photoshop his girlfriend's eyes closed, but we don't think he had this in mind.
If anything is weirder than someone kissing with their eyes open, it's a random, outstretched arm putting its hands over your girlfriend's eyes while you kiss.
This picture implies some kind of magic
The man in the picture on the left is a big fan of Muhammad Ali and he and his girlfriend went to see his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His girlfriend wanted to do something nice and asked if he could be turned into a boxer. We are sure she was not talking about the dog here, but the picture on the right is not technically all wrong.
However, we worry about the boxer wearing the boyfriend's clothes. That would mean that he has completely turned into a dog and there is some kind of sorcery going on here.
Chill out and enjoy the scenery
Be careful what you wish for, they always say. This girl asked to change her background to something "cooler". A lake seems pretty cool to us, but we think she had something else in mind. In the end, she was photoshopped into one of the coolest places of all: a freezer. Do they call that poetic justice? Or is it irony? Either way, the photo on the right is great.
We just don't know how useful it actually is, since you can't really see her face or tell who she is anymore. We guess she will just have to use the boring old photo of the lake.
Breaking all the rules
This boy knew what he was doing when he asked to be photoshopped into a "bad boy". That hip bag and unicorn tattoo say it all. So a sign was added forbidding just about anything he wore. He was also warned that the police were on their way when he received the altered photo. We would believe it too. This man was wilfully breaking every rule at that spot.
And everyone knows that only shady types wear fanny packs. Hopefully, he got away without getting caught after this picture was taken. We can't imagine how much time that would have taken.
Interrupting a chess match
This couple had engagement photos taken and their photographer apparently put them right in front of two men who were playing a game of chess. The bride asked if the two guys could be taken out because they seemed out of place, but to be fair, they were probably there first. So they were taken out of the picture on the left and placed in an auditorium for what looks like a chess championship.
Our favourite part is perhaps the placement of the man's hands on the right. That is probably the most graceful way we have ever seen someone move to pick up a chess piece.
Fixing a crooked bow tie
Children are the hardest to take photos with. But the child in this picture looks like he is enjoying himself. He is even smiling and it looks like he is doing it on purpose. Still, the mother noticed that her son's bow tie was a bit crooked and she asked if it could be straightened. So of course it was straightened, but with a twist, or a rotation, if you like. (We're sorry).
Now the son's bow tie is straight, but it literally floats in the air as if launched into the sky like a rocket. That or he is possessed.
That should be enough
This picture sums up well how every American graduate of the past 30 years probably feels. This guy asked to swap his car for something more expensive. He probably meant a more expensive car, but we're not sure why, because the car he has looks totally fine. It has a few paint chips, but that's not unusual or anything.
Anyway, his car was traded in for something much more expensive: all that debt he probably has because of his studies. This unfortunately hits close to home and we feel for him.
Finding a home for hands
There are a few "strange" hand photos on this list and we never thought about hands ruining photos before. However, the girl in the photo on the left did and she said she was not happy with the way her hand looked. Instead, she wanted something to be done with it and that is exactly what she got. She was put on a crowded bus and her hand looks better in the second photo.
However, she does now look like she is annoyed and does not want to be there, but to be honest, we can imagine it is quite difficult to find a place for an awkwardly placed hand.
Extend the dress, lose the girlfriend
It is usually not a good idea to make negative comments about someone's clothes, even if it is a very minor comment. This guy asked to shorten the girl's dress because he thought it looked too long. In the second photo, however, he got more (or less) than what he was counting on. The dress was lengthened, but he lost the girl. Now we are not sure if that was his girlfriend, but still.
Of course, he was joking when he sent in this picture (at least we hope so), but it is still very funny and it is also a good lesson to never comment on anyone's clothes.
The dreaded friend zone
This one is so good that at first it is hard to tell the difference between these two photos. This girl thought her boyfriend did not look like he was enjoying their time together, so she asked to make him look like he was enjoying himself. This is probably the only one on the list that is not fulfilled accurately in some way, but the change here is still hilarious.
The man's shirt has been changed to "help, I've been singled out". It's probably pretty accurate; in fact, we're sure it's accurate, but it's not exactly what she asked for.
He's ruining the vibe
This is without doubt the best photoshop job in this list, and we don't think anyone can argue with that. The request read, "I'm really a fan of what you're doing, but could you please remove that man in the background? And we're so glad the man in the back was removed, because otherwise we would never have had this gem of a picture on the right.
But really, this is probably one of the cutest dog photos we have ever seen. It even looks like the dog is trying to smile or is scared. We can't decide.
Special recipe
We don't know exactly what this girl was expecting when she asked for wings, but whatever it was, we're pretty sure she wasn't expecting a six-piece. She probably expected something cuter, more artistic or maybe even a hand-drawn pair of wings. Instead, she got a bucket of chicken, but to be honest, we would probably prefer that to a pair of "real" wings.
It's just more realistic, even if a little out of place. But maybe she was on her way to a picnic or something.
This one got a bit dark
This poor guy needs to learn the difference between a foreground and a background. He asked for the "man in the background" to be removed, which could also refer to himself because he is also in the background. So that's what he got. He was removed and all that remained were his arms and hands. You can even see his bones sticking out, which is a bit creepy.
Yet somehow it fits the whole carnival atmosphere. For some strange reason, this picture reminds us of the movie Zombieland; maybe it's because of the severed arms and casual smile.
Showing off those gains
Here is another picture where someone was not happy with how their arms and hands looked. Frankly, we think they look fine. What else are you supposed to do with them when you're on the underground? So the man took the pole from the middle of the carriage and made it look like she had casually pulled it down and held it in her hands.
This does raise some questions, like whether she should take it home with her? But it also just looks really cool and makes her look like she is Hulk-level strong.
Too close for comfort
One of the hardest things when taking photos in nature or at attractions is to make the object you came for stand out and get yourself in the photo at the same time. The waterfall in this photo was very far away in the background, or at least this kid thought so, so he asked for it to be closer or made bigger. He got his wish and the waterfall was placed closer to him.
However, it was placed much closer than he probably expected and it now looks like someone threw a lot of water on his head for a challenge or something.
They are just good friends
This boy was looking at the photo of him and his friends again when he noticed that it looked like he and his friend were holding hands. And he was not wrong; it did indeed look like he and his friend were holding hands. So he wanted it changed. In the second photo, however, they look even closer together. Only true friends let other friends put their feet on their shoulders.
Frankly, these photos are both golden and we wish we could have seen the other boys' faces after the one on the right was photoshopped. We're sure they ended up using that photo for everything.
The sign was there for a reason
We get it. Nobody wants a sign with a wet floor in their photo. But why don't they just take the photo somewhere else? That sign was there for a reason and who knows what could happen if you take it down. Apparently, that's when you get the picture on the right. After the sign was removed, both girls were positioned so that it looked like they had tripped and fallen considerably.
The level of genius behind this edit, and the others on this list, is pretty high. Or, this man just has a unique way of thinking about requests.
When in doubt, add a random stranger
This is probably the only photo we have seen so far where the person has reason to think his hand looks weird. The boyfriend in this photo asked for his hand to be removed because he thought it looked weird and awkward. In the left photo, it does indeed look oddly large, but that is probably because of the angle at which the photo was taken, as his other hand looks normal.
But to correct it, a completely random stranger with no feet was added. It's definitely stranger now than before, even with the oddly proportioned hand.
Taking out the trash
This is one way to ruin an otherwise super idyllic photo. This girl wanted her picture taken with a bag over her left shoulder, but she did not specify what kind of bag. That would be a mistake, as she was photoshopped carrying a rubbish bag. Not only that, but to make it fit better with the rest of the photo, bins and signs were added to the beach.
We probably wouldn't say the photo on the right is an improvement, but it's certainly funnier to look at than the one on the left. There is also just more happening.
Our gardens at home
There is a message in this photo somewhere and if you look closely enough, you might be able to see it. There is a man watering plants in the background and the girl in the picture wanted to remove him. But if you remove the man watering plants, you inevitably get the photo on the right. Everything is dead and frankly, it reminds us a bit of our gardens at home.
So the message is probably something like, remember to water your plants or remember to take care of the planet, depending on how deep you want to go.
A profile picture for all ages
We all have the occasional friend who just pops up out of nowhere and ruins a potentially great photo. This girl said she wanted to use this photo as her profile picture, so she asked for her friend to be removed from the background. Instead, he just merged into the brick wall and it's actually a bit disturbing once you see it. Still, she should use this as her profile picture.
What better way to stand out on LinkedIn? Forget boring headshots; this photo has a bit of personality and charm. There is also a bit of weirdness in it.