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Better skin tone, popped the eyes,
removed blemishes, redness,
brightened teeth, sharpened image.
Moved the bride up, eliminated mom to make the only
bride and groom portrait they had that night!
before...
top arrow points to a woman who was looking off
to the side;
bottom arrow points to an empty space
after...
eliminated top woman and replaced her with a better picture of
herself from a different shot,
...and added the girl in the orange blouse (who missed the original
photo op) from another photo of her standing alone, into the
convenient space in this photo.
Examples of retouching "just enough."

Brightened eyes, sharpened image,
softened but didn't obliterate wrinkles.
Client is in more flattering light, still looks
natural and well, human.
ACTOR HEADSHOTS
eliminated hair wisps
brightened eyes
removed blemishes
corrected color
Look Ma, no Cones!
eliminated construction cones and tape on left side of picture;
reconstructed the stairs and columns behind them
before
after
before
after
Here's looking at You!
cleaned up hair
eliminated blemishes, brightened eyes
color corrected