Everyone wants to look their best in their professional headshots. With the editing tools available to photographers, the question comes up - how much retouching should a headshot receive?
It's no secret that we can take the average person and Photoshop them into an unrecognizable, fabricated super model. We can snip and tuck, liquify, contour, and remove or add just about anything to your image. But how much retouching is too much?
There is a fine line we walk every time we begin retouching your images. Below are a few headshots that we've retouched. The before image is straight out of camera with no retouching. The after image has One Tree Studio's retouching service applied.
Some photographers choose to take things too far - you've all seen images like this. The person looks like they have no pores, their pupils are glowing, and every line on their face as miraculously vanished. Imagine the shock when they show up for their job interview!
You can trust One Tree Studio to capture you in your best light, and provide professional retouching that looks just right. And if you want any changes to your retouched image, just let us know. We’re not happy until you’re happy!
Our standard professional retouching service includes:
Stray hair removal
Removal of blemishes
Reducing shine on face
Reduce under eye bags
Reducing wrinkles
Whitening teeth
Whitening eyes
Removal of glare in glasses
Image cropping
Exposure and colour correction
Standard retouching does NOT include:
Adding or removing large portions of hair
Braces removal
Moire Removal (colour or patterns caused by certain fabrics)
Changing your colour of hair
Significant creases or wrinkles in clothes (please iron/steam your clothing)
Background removal or change of background colour
Taking pieces from one photo and swapping it with pieces in another photo
Changing your clothing in any way
Making you look 30 years younger
Making you look like a movie star (unless you are a movie star)
Please refer to what is included because this list could be very long!
All of our retouching services are done at our discretion. For any additional retouching outside of what is included in our Standard Retouching Services, we can provide a quote upon request.
Background Changes
One of the most-requested changes above our Standard Retouching service is a background change - we call it a Background Extraction.
Background Extractions are $29+HST each and are IN ADDITION to the Standard Retouching prices.
