"Every picture tells a story, don't it…"

For your visual entertainment, we have the best and worst pics of the week—The Angels and Demons of Wine Photography, if you will.

Talk about an epic fail for Wine Spectator. I realize I’m a complete geek for pointing this out to you, and it will probably go unnoticed by most readers unless they know a bit about photo retouching. With the money Wine Spectator makes on advertising, you’d think they could afford to, ya know, dunk a few bottles of wine in ice water and snap a few shots of the result. Apparently, that’s way too much trouble so they decided to add fake sweat beads to 2 bottles of wine and simply duplicate them over and over. This is what they have photo stylists for, guys! Step AWAY from Photoshop because, as we all know, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Take a look at the close-ups I included, and I’m sure even the most amature eye can see the copied bottles by their bead patterns. Now there’s nothing interesting on the outside of this magazine, either.

Ah, there we go. A Gonzo hat is a thing of beauty to behold, ain’t it?! Sent in by loyal reader, David, this is the GG pic of the week. No Photoshop programs were harmed in the making of this photograph, and we’re relatively sure he hasn’t been dunked in ice water, either. If any other readers wanna send in photos of themselves in Gonzo Gear, this is fair warning that I make no guarantees that I won’t stick you in the “worst of” category. 🙂

Tagged as: photo retouching, wine photography