I get where you’re coming from but this is not 100% correct. It’s very easy to do and barely an hours worth of work. Since these guys were charging for the “Deep Photoshopping” (whatever the fuck that is), you can ask for some of that money back. I would

No

A good one

Yes it’s shady as fuck and she is not a photographer, she’s a con artist.

Having said that, these fuckers prey on people like your girlfriend. Why didn’t she ask all of these questions before hiring? Why did you hand over a deposit, which I’m assuming was a lot and non refundable

Get a shitty camera

Make sure photo is slightly out of focus

Take photo against a background

Later in post decide you don’t like it and change it for an obvious fake gradient

Profit

Sorry, I’m not signing into my Google account to see the image. Anything can be a scam. Post the picture here

People asking dumb questions that are only a Google search away

Color pop

are they your photos?

if so, you can shit on them and it doesn’t matter what the photographer thinks or does.

Here’s an idea, just take good photos and stop worrying about the math

Crappy ones?

Pervs

if you’ve taken 340 pictures and failed to get one good photo, then this business aint for you. Regardless of how awful the client is/was

You don’t need a course. Calculate what you want to do, then search YouTube for that solution. There is a tutorial for absolutely everything.

Photoshop isn’t a software that requires you to do things in a particular way. There are a 100 ways to do the same thing.

I’ve taken windy beach photos of a family. I didn’t fight against the weather, I used it in my photos