I spent a little extra time looking at the photo. The most obvious revealing detail to me is the separate lighting. Jill and joe have hot spots on their forheads from overhead studio lights. The carters were photographed in their home under normal lights and have no shine (this is lighting not make up). They did a good job getting similar directions and depth of light for the general untrained eye, but if you look closely the details decry the idea the two couples were photographed together.
And your key point remains, no lenses I know work the way they say these lenses work. It’s not a simple answer if it’s contrary to reality. It sounds simple to those who don’t know how photography works and that’s their go to lately. Good enough an excuse for how intelligent they think their audience is.
Thank you! Also I was trying to look wide-angle family-photos or group-photos, to see how it distorts a group when all standing at the same depth. I could not find any though, because wide angle shots are intended for scenery or architecture, not while shooting people. LMK if you find any examples or can explain this.
Ooo I like this term “complicity theorists”
I spent a little extra time looking at the photo. The most obvious revealing detail to me is the separate lighting. Jill and joe have hot spots on their forheads from overhead studio lights. The carters were photographed in their home under normal lights and have no shine (this is lighting not make up). They did a good job getting similar directions and depth of light for the general untrained eye, but if you look closely the details decry the idea the two couples were photographed together. And your key point remains, no lenses I know work the way they say these lenses work. It’s not a simple answer if it’s contrary to reality. It sounds simple to those who don’t know how photography works and that’s their go to lately. Good enough an excuse for how intelligent they think their audience is.
If you remove the background of the image somewhere like here it is VERY revealing that photo trickery was used here
I made this in support of your point. https://greatawakening.win/p/12iNnUjQmJ/
Spouse pede mentioned it’s not an Easter rain of truth must be suspended for it to with. The easier answer is photoshop.
Thank you! Also I was trying to look wide-angle family-photos or group-photos, to see how it distorts a group when all standing at the same depth. I could not find any though, because wide angle shots are intended for scenery or architecture, not while shooting people. LMK if you find any examples or can explain this.
This commentator does a good job attempting. I have inquired if they can recreate the image using four cups. To see if the distortion can play in both sides. https://communities.win/c/GreatAwakening/p/12iNnUjQmJ/x/c/4E0wkgFIdGP