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Photo Retouch Editing and Restoration $20-$100 per image

I get a lot of questions about my editing work, so I posted this example(to the left) to show how it's possible to clear up blemishes and to color correct a photograph.

This photo was sent to me. I didn't photograph this. I was simply hired to edit the original. Basically what I was given was a photo where the subject chose to take the shot without any type of make-up and the photographer didn't use enough lights to compensate for it. The subject has good looking strong features, but when lit a certain way in high definition, blemishes are magnified. You can see how, under his eyes, the shade and lines are dramatized because of the lighting and lack of make-up.

Another issue with the original photograph is the white balance. The skin color is dull, with more blue-ish and cyan skin tones. I restored the warmth to the skin tone color and erased the skin blemishes and impurities. The goal is to edit a photo with the concept being simply to compensate for the lack of make-up or lighting in a photograph, rather than making the subject look unreal. Lighting a scene or subject is something that can take hours for photographers, so when you are on a photo shoot that is constantly on the move, or the subject is repositioning his head in many ways, you either have to make the lighting more universal or make up for it in editing. Thank god for photoshop!

Special Effx $100+ per image

When it comes to adding any special effx to a photograph, the limits are close to endless. This photo (to the left) is the same from above. Each edit to transform him into a "superfan" takes time, but the results from photoshop can actually save you more time than it would take to hire a make up artist to paint the models face in person. The smoke was added afterward and the background was replaced in editing. So editing a concept afterward can actually save you a lot of money, by simplifying the shoot. In many cases though, it's best to use editing as a last resource.

©All Photography by Noel Bass, Los Angeles Photographer