About Portrait and Headshot Retouching

The quality of headshots and other portraits is greatly enhanced by retouching. For this reason we retouch all our portraits at no additional charge.

Example of retouhced headshot

Retouched

Our aim is to achieve the most natural look, so that the retouching  is not apparent. The most common feature of retouching is to smooth skin and to reduce wrinkles and blemishes. We go beyond that. Some people tend to squint when they smile: we can open the eyes a little to counteract this. If one eye appears smaller than the other we can enlarge it or reduce the other to match more closely. Double chins can be de-emphasized, broad jaws can be narrowed, lips can be slimmed orincreased, ruddiness reduced, eyes brightened, etc. All these enhancements and more,

Example of unretouched headshot

Un-retouched

when done discretely and as appropriate to the particular face can improve the portrait without appearing unnatural.  This customized retouching, combined with a well posed and lit portrait results in an image of which you can be proud.