Professional Digital Image Manipulation and Photo Retouching
Digital Photo Retouching That Looks Real
I can make your images POP!
From basic beautifying techniques to complex image manipulations, I have specialized in creating the "Master Image" through photo retouching and enhancement of photographs of people.
With more than 14 years of digital photo retouching experience, I use the same techniques and software that advertising agencies and magazines use to retouch their images.
Why retouch?
All published photos in commercial media (magazines and advertisements) and the best professional modeling portfolios are retouched.
Retouched photos are proven to generate superior casting opportunities for models and actors.
In order to display the same professional image that these models do -- and to get the castings they get -- it is strongly recommended that you invest in professional retouching services.
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To Retouch or Not
If you are a model or actor, a retouched photo is essential.
Let's face it- this is a first impression business, and more often than not your photo goes in the door before you. Your headshot or comp card often means the difference between booking the job and not even getting called for the casting. It's absolutely necessary that your photo looks like the best version of you.
Imagine this scenario: You have just paid for a portfolio shoot. You have invested a lot of time and money for this. The day before your shoot, you breakout- badly.
Even though you may have hired a makeup artist, you can still see the pimples in the pictures.
Now, you are in a bit of a jam. You have just put a lot of time, energy and money into your pictures, but you are worried that when you present your photos to agencies and clients, all they will see is the bad skin- not you.
This is where retouching comes in. Any top notch modeling portfolio picture or acting headshot should be retouched to remove distractions like blemishes and flyaway hairs. You want to look like the best version of you, and clearly that version of you does not have pimples or stray hairs.
The best version of you means that even with retouching you still want to look like YOU! You want your retouching to be carefully done but not overdone. This means if you are curvy, fuller-figured woman you don't want to look like a skinny waif after the retouching is done.
Bottom line: any photo needs retouching to clean up distractions like bad skin or flyaway hair so you can show clients how you look on your best day. Avoid retouching that turns the photo of you into a photo of someone that does not exist.
"At Billings Photography...When You Look Great, So Do We!
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Rick Billings was ask by Katrin Eismann to be a contributor in her 1st Photoshop Restoration & Retouching in 2000. Rick has many images and techniques outlined in Chapter 9 of Katrin's book. You can read more at www.DigitalRetouch.org.
