Normal Retouching and Print Finishing

IMAGE FINISHING is an art and we spend much time to make you look your best. Below you will see how we finish images and what other options exist for you to choose. Guys, don't be concerned that you will look like a girl - you will just look very, very good - a little on the rough-guy side. No matter, each person has specific things that we do to just make you look good. Not over done - just good.

Step 1: Original girl without any retouching done.  This is the original, un-retouched, but beautiful picture of this young lady with a slight loop lighting. Note - lighting is the primary tool used to make a good image. Each subject's face is studied as the session progresses to determine the best way to light for your facial characteristics, the emotion to generate based on the reason for the image. Lighting is the foundation of the image process. We do all we can to make sure even the raw/original image looks good even when you see it as a proof. We now remove any color cast on the image and start the retouching process of removing unwanted and undesirable imperfections in the images such as fly away and unwanted hair, intensify the eye color, make the black of eye deeper, clear up the white of the eye, and brighten the teeth when requested, intensify lip color, retouch and refine skin tone, etc.

Step 2: Fly away hair removed from gals and guys.

Step 3: Course retouching (zits, moles, creases, owies, eye bags, shine, etc.) on gals and guys is fixed or removed.

Step 4: Lips intensified on gals.

Step 5: Eyes intensified, red removed, eye high lights on gals and guys adjusted as needed.

Step 6: Eye brows on gals intensified to set off their eyes.

Step 7: Skin smoothed as needed for gals and guys; guys may need beard lightened or intensified.

Step 8: Fine tune brightness and skin color on gals and guys.

All of the above is how all images leave our place as we really do care and want you to look your best. Our slogan is "Our Business is ... Making YOU Look Good! Of course we listen to your wishes first and foremost. Following are additional options for you to choose if you so desire. Otherwise, this young lady's image is ready to print.

Additional Options:

In addition to the steps above you can choose to make your image as is or it can be in color, black and white, sepia, a mix of color and black and white, softened, sharp as a tack, painted, etc..

Option 1: Black and White Conversion

Option 2: Color Brown 3

Option 3: Bleach Bypass

Option 4: Classical Soft Focus

Option 5: Cross Processing L8

Option 6: Film Processing Kodak NC400

Option 7: Film Grain Course

Option 8: Glamour Glow

Option 9: High Key

Option 10: Old Photo 3

Option 11: Pastel

Option 12: Polaroid Transfer

Option 13: Vignette White or any color

Option 14: Vignette Blur 3

Option 15: Black and White and any color can be mixed in any way you can imagine. This is one example. Any item can be colored. See more below.

Additional Black and White Options:

Option 1: B/W White Neutral

Option 2: B/W Overexposed EV +1

Option 3: B/W Deep Sepia

Option 4: B/W Soft Sepia

Option 5: B/W Ambrotype

Option 6: B/W Cyanotype

Option 7: B/W Infrared Film Normal

Option 8: B/W Infrared Film Soft

Option 9: B/W Soft Skin

Option 10: B/W Darken Contrast Vignette

Option 11: B/W Antique Plate 1

Option 12: B/W Antique Plate 2

Option 13: B/W Neutral Blush - Any thing in an image can be color keyed. Here you see a slight blush on the cheeks and a heavier blush on the lips. The eyes are brown and show up on a larger print.

Another Option: Painted Art Work

Any image can be made into a beautiful painted piece of art that will last for years. We want the whole image that you get on beautiful art paper to be of a consistent, long lasting, piece of art. We do different styles based upon your request. The brush strokes on the painting can show as much or as little as you want. We will consult with you when you order.

Painted Option A: Painted Brush Stroke as detailed or artsy as you want.

Painted Option A: Close up of Painted Option A above.

Painted Option B: Random painted with less emphasis on brush stokes.

Painted Option C: A combination of two techniques to get more emphasis on the Brush Strokes.

Painted Option D: Abstract can be so you can see what you look like as shown here (This one has a kind of a comic book feel) or very, very abstract. You tell us what you like and we will create your one of a kind image.

Ask, we have many more options to offer you to numerous to show now - like watercolor, etc. Also, each image is different even if the same technique is used on it. That is why it is called art. Nothing is ever the same - but it will be YOU at an instant in time!

Composites of any size and type

Composite 1: Composites can be done of children, seniors, pets, sports, etc. fun to do and fun to see.

Composite 2: Children acting out their dreams.

See High School Seniors to see many other composites. Each composite has been created in such a way that it can be sized any where from wallets to large wall prints or a mixture of different size prints to solve your needs.

Have a faaantaaastic day!