Beauty retouch with difficult lighting
The client (commercial) chose a shot that has less than perfect lighting for what I was trying to achieve – however it was what she wanted for the purposes of the shoot. This is a…...
colour correction
Guest edit – Boudoir in black and white
This week’s edit is courtesy of Ashley Canavan, who provided the raw files for this session. Very little was needed to be retouched to this lovely subject but I still went through my process on…...
Men’s fitness
Shot at Milan’s Cross Studios during The Retreat in October 2018. While the girls were getting make-up and styled, we took portraits and fitness shots with Jack. As a dedicated gym buff, I knew Jack…...
Editorial Boudoir
From a shoot in a luxury boutique hotel built at the turn of the last century on the shores of Lake Garda during our last “Retreat”. Natalia needs no retouching, but I still wanted to…...
Ballerina plie’
In the end I decided to do without the dress flip, but I have left it in the video for educational purposes! This gorgeous, statuesque dancer works for the St Petersburg ballet in Russia. She…...
Fine art nude – natural light
Natural light. Most fine art nudes are black and white; I wanted to keep the complementary colours and create a textured, artistic, painted picture, with a sculptured, statue-like figure. This is a work in progress....
Studio Maternity
One light, studio maternity. Taking a simple mid-grey seamless paper backdrop and creating something artistic. This edit involved skin work, Lightroom raw adjustments, hair retouching, colour grading and textures....
Anja – Ethereal
I wanted this natural light shot to look celestial and dreamy. I cleaned up the background, manipulated the dress, faffed around a lot deciding whether or not to do a headswap (I didn’t), and did…...
Guest edit – male musician
This raw file was provided by a subscriber, who wanted a gritty look for a male bass player. I adjusted the composition, cleaned up the background, pulled out detail, created a 3d look using dodge…...
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