A Former White House Photographer Made Some REALLY Good Points About That Controversial Kate Middleton Photo

Pete Souza is a legendary photographer known for his work in the Obama White House.

He was the chief photographer during Obama's time there, and he's responsible for SO many well-known pictures of the former president.

He took this head butt pic:

He did their Easter portraits:

And he's responsible for this iconic McKayla Maroney pic:

And now, Mr. Souza is now going viral for his thoughts on the Kate Middleton photo debacle.

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He posted this picture he took of Prince George and the former president:

In the caption, he really spilled:

For those who can't read that little text, it says:

"I made this photograph of Prince George meeting President Obama in 2016. The digital file was 'processed' with Photoshop, a software program made by Adobe that virtually every professional photographer uses. Yet my photograph was certainly not 'altered' or 'changed' in content.⁣"

"I thought of this distinction after the photograph released earlier this week of Princess Catherine and her children was found to be 'altered.' Some stories referred to it as being 'photoshopped.' And that made me cringe.⁣"

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"Every publication like the New York Times, and every news organization like the Associated Press, have strict policies on using Photoshop to process images. Basically, the accepted practices allow a news photograph to be tweaked by adjusting the color balance; the density (make the raw file lighter or darker); and shadows and highlights."⁣

"What’s not acceptable is to remove, add, or change elements in the photograph. That would be altering the content. ⁣For example, if there’s a telephone pole sticking out of a person’s head, you wouldn’t be allowed to remove it. ⁣Or if someone mashes multiple family pictures together into one, that wouldn’t be acceptable. (Why, though, did it take AP nearly two hours to make this determination with the photo earlier this week?)."

"Let’s keep this in mind given the current political climate where a certain presidential candidate and his rabid supporters dismiss stories he or they don’t like as 'fake news.' He has also said multiple times that published photographs of himself he didn’t like were 'Photoshopped.'"

"The photographs in question undoubtedly were processed through Photoshop, but not at all 'altered.' (He did get away with posting a picture of himself on Facebook during his Presidency that made his fingers longer, hands bigger, and body 50 lbs lighter.)"

"So, for the sake of consistency, let’s call fake photos what they are: 'fake' or 'altered' and stop using the word 'Photoshopped.'"

Pete even doubled down in the comments, saying, "Fake photos are fake. It's idiotic if we don't call them out."

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As this person says, "Pete Souza is one of the most ethical photographers in the business. Listen to him."

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