Cindy,
In the days of using film we didn't shoot hundreds to get one good one, I'm not sure where you get the comment from about adding ten pounds , I often had to work out how to lose weight off people .
I'm seeing more comments on the forum like this, it saddens me because photography appears to be going backwards, good professional photographers are becoming scarcer, portraits weren't snapshots , they were taken with care and intelligent use of lighting and the right equipment ! The smartphone selfie has killed most of it and with it the art of portraying people !