These are some photos of Lady Gaga outside of the Roseland Ballroom a few nights ago. These are paparazzi photos from two different agencies, and I would imagine Gaga had dozens of photographers taking her photo as she posed outside of Roseland. My point? Gaga can handle being photographed by many people all at once. As long as she controls the pap-walk. Once she got inside the Roseland Ballroom for her show, only one photographer was allowed to take the “official” photos, and Gaga worked with him to only release the photos that had been retouched and approved of:

Don’t believe everything you see. Lady Gaga may have been “Born This Way,” but she prefers to be photographed in an enhanced way. Photographers covering an event last week had to agree to give Lady Gaga final approval before any of their images could be released.

They were told to “Smooth out her jaw line and thin her arm,” and “Smooth out and thin her legs,” according to one insider.

“They are all complaining she’s a control freak,” the event organizer told me.

Kevin Mazur, the Wireimage/Getty photographer who had the exclusive rights to shoot her shows at Roseland, which wrapped up Monday, admits he retouched his images and that Gaga’s management team had final approval.

“It’s like with any other artist I work with, and it’s very minimal because we want to get the photos out there right away,” Mazur told me.

He confessed he would remove, say, a drop of sweat, an errant lock of hair or a shiny patch on Gaga’s forehead.

Mazur raves of the singer: “She caters to the paparazzi like no other artist I’ve ever seen. Lady Gaga goes above and beyond putting on new outfits to make sure the paps have something every day.”

But other photographers, with less access, aren’t quite so happy.

Shutterbugs who were barred from the after-party for Lady Gaga last Friday at BPM on West 42nd Street were incensed that Vanity Fair contributor George Wayne got snapshots any of them would’ve killed for: The pop star tongue-kissing boyfriend Taylor Kinney and pushing her fishnet-clad buttocks in his face.

“Gaga and Taylor’s relationship is clearly not staged — their chemistry is palpable,” Wayne told me. “They could barely keep their hands off each other all night.”

And Gaga worries too much. She has no signs of cellulite.

[From Page Six]

Well… on one side, it’s not like Gaga invited a number of photographers inside and asked all of them to retouch the photos. It’s more like this Getty/Wireimage guy was her in-house photographer, although in my opinion, some boundaries were crossed between “a photo agency employee” and “being employed by Lady Gaga.”

Also: You can be as “controlling” and “image-conscious” as everyone else, but there’s always going to be some photographer who won’t play ball. At the end of the day, Kevin Mazur agreed to this situation because Gaga gave him access in exchange for editorial control. But in the real world, photographers know that a bad photo of Gaga will sell more than a good photo.

Last thing: it’s not even like anyone gives a crap anymore. I mean, three years ago we would have cared if Gaga looked shiny or if her underwear was hanging out. But no one cares anymore.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.