The Beauty of Retouching

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: PROOFS and FINAL PRINTS.

Most files undergo a little bit of tweaking before you see them. Sometimes they come out of the camera a little dark,

cake without correction

and with a small adjustment, I turn it into this.

cake with correction

Also, I usually convert some color images into black & white.
Pam and Ilan in color

 

Pam and Ilan black & white

Another step I take in order to achieve a beautiful album is to restore the skin and eyes to their natural beauty. 

close up of eyes before

 

close up of eyes after

And finally, I offer object removal. Why do I do this?  For most of the day I will be a fly on the wall, covering events as they naturally unfold, without any intrusion or direction. Object removal helps us to focus our eyes on what is truly important in the photograph.

with matron before

 

without matron after

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