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    I'm about to start out escorting again, indie this time so I gotta advertise w/ pix. There's no way in hell I'm showing my face, but I'm looking at other ads for inspirations and I'm thrown off by these blurred face ads/homepages. I'm wondering if/how ads without an face showing are actually successful when guys can see so many other girls showing what they look like from the neck up...

    Any escorts been through this feeling of pressure to show face even if you can't? How to compensate?

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    I hate blurring too, but have few choices when it comes to protecting my i.d. You can try poses that obscure your face, props, masks, large brimmed hats, etc. when I do my next shoot that is what I will be doing.

    photos that cut off your head completely should be avoided.
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    Tabitha, I think the way you have your face blurred in your profile picture is perfect (although, just obscuring your face by poses, hair, etc. is great advice too). You can tell you're an attractive girl but can't see any specific features. Headless bodies look really impersonal.
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    I have quite a few headless body pics LoL! It didnt hurt anything though I can say, I did that for months no problem...I recently started doing some creative head turning/face hiding, but if I dont like how it looks or if I see too much of the side of my face or whatnot but I love the rest of the picture, then its "off with her head!"

    Never felt any pressure to post my face picture just because others do.... As a matter of fact, guys have commented to me that they appreciate I dont show my face because they can tell I truly do take privacy seriously, and they feel more comfortable with that.

    Its a matter of preference though...some say they hate the face blur, some say they hate the head chop off... Id never do a face blur though because there is software that can unblur a photo and the results are pretty darned good. So Im not going to risk that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlkSharpie View Post
    there is software that can unblur a photo and the results are pretty darned good. So Im not going to risk that.

    Whaaat?!
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    Remember that you are not trying to sell yourself to every guy on the planet. There will be men that appreciate your discretion; these are men that need discretion themselves. It will be easier to check into a hotel, or even just visit a hotel, if your face isn't exposed in your ad. Hotels keep track of escort ads on Eros and backpage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Xplicit18 View Post
    Whaaat?!
    I wish I had saved the link..it was in something I found hobbyist talking about and they listed this software that could unblur photos to see a ladys face, and also tineye.com which they use to see if a photo was jacked from the internet and not really of the girl.

    So if you do blur, dont just do a simple blur, blur it, warp it, blur again, maybe toss colour into it, blur again, etc to make it harder to unblur.

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    Remember that you are not trying to sell yourself to every guy on the planet. There will be men that appreciate your discretion; these are men that need discretion themselves. It will be easier to check into a hotel, or even just visit a hotel, if your face isn't exposed in your ad. Hotels keep track of escort ads on Eros and backpage.
    Hotels def do keep pics, especially when someone is advertising touring in a city...or they get repeats, they keep a look out for familiar faces. They also google the phone # and name of a person if they get curious to see if its linked to an escort ad. Thats why I dont understand why someone would use their work number or any details related to the biz for anyone to have on file.
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    Congrats on going indie!

    Tabitha said photos that cut off the head completely should be avoided... I like photos that cut off just above the mouth or something.

    I've also seen some photos where the girl will turn her head and you'll see her flowing hair instead. I think that's sexy and mysterious.

    Sometimes I really consider showing my face in ads because, uh, how do I say this...I think it would bring me more business...and also, showing my face means I could show my tattoos which means less editing work and confusion! But the fact that hotels print out our ads worries me big time.

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    I dont show my face, and definitely not my tattoos.....If I showed my tats, I may as well use my real name lol! I do show them when I do cam, but to me, thats just cam. If someone I knew came across that Id say...okay you got me, I get naked on cam...and? But with escorting, no freaking way! lol

    I dont edit my pics though, I just dont show my back or the arm my tat is on, and I have in my profiles and on my site that I have a few tasteful tats. Im serious when I say guys *really like* that I am discrete and value my privacy....they find that very attractive.
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    Explain that this protects both of you.
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    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

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    I just crop out my head. I make sure my body looks hot enough that hardly any one has ever pushed for face.
    But I do suppose it also helps that I'm literally the only girl in the county- a "beggars can't be choosers" type of scenario...

    I feel like blurring my face wouldn't disguise me enough, I don't see what's so wrong about just cropping it out.
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    there is software that can unblur a photo and the results are pretty darned good. So Im not going to risk that.


    Whaaat?! Lady Xplicit18;2260147]Whaaat?!
    This was discussed by members of an Adobe User's Group that i attended last week. They were discussing a software package that can 'deconstruct' Photoshop edits to revert to the original image. It sounded like it was still in development / only available for government use.

    I would either crop or hide face by posing, props, etc.

    One lady mentioned that she did not want any photos online that could be taken to a hotel front desk to ask "Is this woman here?" That included distinctive tattoos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilynne View Post
    I just crop out my head. I make sure my body looks hot enough that hardly any one has ever pushed for face.
    But I do suppose it also helps that I'm literally the only girl in the county- a "beggars can't be choosers" type of scenario...

    I feel like blurring my face wouldn't disguise me enough, I don't see what's so wrong about just cropping it out.
    I like cropping, too. I will usually crop just above my lips.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFMNH44 View Post
    This was discussed by members of an Adobe User's Group that i attended last week. They were discussing a software package that can 'deconstruct' Photoshop edits to revert to the original image. It sounded like it was still in development / only available for government use.

    I would either crop or hide face by posing, props, etc.

    One lady mentioned that she did not want any photos online that could be taken to a hotel front desk to ask "Is this woman here?" That included distinctive tattoos.
    deconstructing photoshop edits is one thing...Im talking about a basic blur though...most who do this arent using any complicated techniques...just a blur brush. I really wish I could find the program that did this...I had no use for it so I didnt save it but something like that is out there...

    And yeah, I totally agree...the last thing I want is my face or tattoos posted up in the breakroom of a hotel. When I tour, I always take my laptop and dress grungy (Im so 90's lol) most people assume Im traveling for business and I super non-descript.
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    Okay CFN, I just spent forever (okay 10m lol) searching around again to see if I could find it... so far Ive only found info about face swirling being the easiest to revert (since you'd "just" have to swirl it in the opposite direction to correct the image) But that blurring is the hardest to recover, depending on how aggressive the blur there may be no way of recovery.

    Still though, I read some stuff about metadata and thumbnails embedded in an image file that can be extracted to reveal the original photo...but no real information on how to do that...

    Sooo...maybe I dreamt it lol! but..I still dont trust bluing my pic..
    Im all about "off with my head!"
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    The other obvious mistake is uploading photos with the filename being the escort's real name. Right click to save and it is revealed. Happens more often than you'd think.

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    I'm going to have to remember to ask the folks at the next Adobe users meeting.

    The thing is even if this software is very expensive now, soon it won't be. Facial recognition software was developed for government use, but now Facebook uses it to search and tag photos...

    If you blur, blur hell out of it. I would think many small blur operations are better than one large blur. Mix tools: blur, smudge, rubber stamp...

    Personally I think blurred faces are a major distraction. If you're hiding the face do it with the pose, a hat, etc. or just crop. If you're shooting for trade the photographer likely wants face showing in most pics. If you're paying then do it your way.

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    I agree...to me, face blurring looks like something out of a Japanese horror movie...

    But this is one of those things thats very split, some guys prefer a blur, some hate it, some prefer a chop, othes hate it, some dont care... The most viewer friendly seem to be creative posing to hide the face.

    On the flip, some guys will only see a girl if he can see what she looks like, others would never see a girl with face showing because shes not discrete. This really is one of those, cant please em all things.

    Id be interested in what you find out at your next meeting, Im pretty interested...
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    Be careful with face blurring, sometimes you can throw pics into googles new image search and it'll pull up all your other pics or personal pics and any websites that feature those pics or visually similar images which could potentially be very bad if you use the same pics or similar pics on your person facebook or something.

    Also, I always photoshop my pics however I want them, then take a screenshot of the pic and crop it so that none of the photoshop edits or image history remains in the new file! Phones and computers nowadays tag in location information too so be sure to turn that off!

    oh and instead of blurring you could always try wearing huge floppy hats and covering everything but your lips or holding up a decorative fan and showing off just your sexy eyes or something

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    Quote Originally Posted by alvida View Post
    Be careful with face blurring, sometimes you can throw pics into googles new image search and it'll pull up all your other pics or personal pics and any websites that feature those pics or visually similar images which could potentially be very bad if you use the same pics or similar pics on your person facebook or something.

    Also, I always photoshop my pics however I want them, then take a screenshot of the pic and crop it so that none of the photoshop edits or image history remains in the new file! Phones and computers nowadays tag in location information too so be sure to turn that off!

    oh and instead of blurring you could always try wearing huge floppy hats and covering everything but your lips or holding up a decorative fan and showing off just your sexy eyes or something
    Question -- Instead of taking a screen shot, wouldn't flattening and saving the image erase the image history?

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    Quote Originally Posted by alvida View Post
    Also, I always photoshop my pics however I want them, then take a screenshot of the pic and crop it so that none of the photoshop edits or image history remains in the new file!
    That is an excellent tip... When I first started, I had removed something out of the background of a picture, and a guy asked me about whatever the removed object was. I was like..what the heck are you talking about?! And he was describing to me what the pic looked like before my edit. Freaked me out.

    Generally what I do if I edit a picture is flatten it, then crop it or whatever... then copy and paste it into a fresh file...then Ill save it for use. That way there is no buried info from the original file at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BlkSharpie View Post
    That is an excellent tip... When I first started, I had removed something out of the background of a picture, and a guy asked me about whatever the removed object was. I was like..what the heck are you talking about?! And he was describing to me what the pic looked like before my edit. Freaked me out.

    Generally what I do if I edit a picture is flatten it, then crop it or whatever... then copy and paste it into a fresh file...then Ill save it for use. That way there is no buried info from the original file at all.
    ^^ Wowww. Super fucking creepy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slutdust View Post
    ^^ Wowww. Super fucking creepy.
    Youre telling me! lol..this was in my first couple months in, almost 10 years ago that this happened. Around this time I also got hacked by some Russian hackers, and my printer would randomly print out "youve been hacked" messages.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slutdust View Post
    Question -- Instead of taking a screen shot, wouldn't flattening and saving the image erase the image history?
    Nope, flattening the image just combines all the separate layers of the image but doesn't erase any info about what you did before. A lot of photoshop programs have a "history" box option and it brings up a window that shows you all the editing steps done to the image.

    (for example, once I was taking a background out of a picture, I took it out, then cropped the pic, made it black and white and then flattened the layers...realized that I cropped it too much, so I went to tools-->history and it showed me all my previous steps, I clicked one and it reverted the pic back to before I cropped it...which is good for me, but I def wouldn't want someone seeing that version!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by alvida View Post
    Nope, flattening the image just combines all the separate layers of the image but doesn't erase any info about what you did before. A lot of photoshop programs have a "history" box option and it brings up a window that shows you all the editing steps done to the image.

    (for example, once I was taking a background out of a picture, I took it out, then cropped the pic, made it black and white and then flattened the layers...realized that I cropped it too much, so I went to tools-->history and it showed me all my previous steps, I clicked one and it reverted the pic back to before I cropped it...which is good for me, but I def wouldn't want someone seeing that version!)
    Ah, okay...I always thought that once the image was flattened and saved and then reopened later on that the history would be deleted! Good to know!

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