I would not consider myself or technique, technical, more like artistic. I’ve been drawing, painting, building, you name it since I was a tot. I remember being inspired by magazine covers, sketching in my bedroom for hours, creating what I thought was a beautiful woman, with a hint of asymmetrical features, gorgeous bone structure and…
My client always shoots with beautiful lighting, makeup/hair and models. Sometimes beauty photo retouching is an even bigger challenge to retouch when the image is already so beautiful. The image’s bar is already set so high, so it’s all about subtle and natural retouching that will make the image pop and give it that oomph it needs!
My client wanted retouching, with flawless makeup and skin, yet keep the image as natural as can be, with a popping effect. Well, the model was gorgeous, the makeup was awesome and the photography was great, with all that said, no image is perfect and almost every image needs retouching. When looking at the retouched…
This was a fun project, not to mention, right up my alley. I love, let me repeat, love retouching naturally. My client had a large order for me to retouch for a client of theirs. We both agreed natural retouching was the way to go. It actually is more challenging and more skills are involved…
My client wanted a naturally retouched final image. For this series, it was crucial to stay natural, not to take away from the authenticity of the images. As a retouch artist, I do prefer natural retouching. I really like to keep the image approachable, real; to show the true rawness. With that said, this project…
My client had a fun challenging image for me to retouch. It was in the middle of a crazy storm, the model came with dry skin from the dry/cold weather, the makeup artist did not show up due to being snowed in, and they had one day to shoot, so he was in a bit…
My client sent me a beautiful image that needed just enough retouching to make this image pop. The lighting, model, makeup, styling was all great. 40 minutes later, the image pops and made the cover of Senior Mode’s Feb issue!
This was a fun project. Originally I was requested to do something with this image. My client really didn’t need it, she has enough pretty color head shots, but when she said, do anything you want, I trust you or drop this image, that’s when a light bulb turned on, appropriate since my last name…
This was a challenging, but fun assignment. I was giving images to pick from to retouch and create a beauty story. So, finding two strong images that complement each other is first and foremost. That’s what creates the story making process. Then to take already gorgeous pictures and retouch them to make them even more…
When I received this image, I thought it was darn gorgeous, but something about it was not hitting right, plus the way it was already cropped left me limited in my crop. So I felt cropping it in tight and off to the side really brought out her gorgeous features and also gave it mystery,…
Flawless retouching in a natural way is my expertise. This model is just dang beautiful and the photographer knows his thang! The smallest of changes can make the largest of difference. It’s all about your the eye for beauty. Anyone can make an image perfect, but perfection doesn’t mean the image is more aesthetically pleasing…
This was a fun project. My client needed images retouched for their product line. Already a great body to begin with, it needed some skin color/tone change and fun high/low lights to bring out a more marketable image.
I loved this project. I knew what it needed to go from Kunk Poa to Kung WOW! This shot was not the best angle and lighting for this model, but this was the best image for this particular project. I know the after is far away from the original, but it doesn’t matter in this…
This job was so fun and challenging, I just get chills thinking about it. This was for a hair company who need this image retouched for their step by step book/brochure. Once I got my hands on this “baby”, it went from an image to be used for trade to a national ad. This model…
This was a fun assignment. Beautiful model, good photography, but something just wasn’t right. With the right amount of retouching, cropping, color correcting, balancing her features, whether decreasing, increasing or eliminating, the image really came together nicely and is now perfect for this project. She looks confident, sexy, natural and screams, I love my red…