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Negatives And Negatives Of The Photographer

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You asked your photographer if he would retouch your photos, he said yes, so now, you can be at ease, knowing that any imperfection will be corrected by the photographer, right? Well, maybe not... Have you asked the photographer what he meant by correcting the photos? When he answered you, did you really understand or did you pretend you knew what he was talking about, in hopes of deceiving him into thinking you were knowledgeable, thus not a good target to lie to? Perhaps a little introduction (or refresher) on what the different types of Photoshop work may be useful...

Basic corrections
This is what most photographers think of when they say they do photoshopping on pictures. The more honest ones will actually mention they only do basic retouching while most will avoid the subject altogether. Basic retouching includes adjusting exposure, contrast, color, cropping, etc. Often, the errors being corrected are created (inadvertently) by the photographer when taking the photo. Basic retouching is relatively simple and can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to perform. As a result, you can always expect a photographer shooting with a digital camera to do basic retouching on all of his pictures.

Original photo
Original picture, straight from the camera Retouched photo
Basic corrections done: Adjusted exposure, contrast and white balance (colors), re-framed photo to emphasize the models. Total time: 45 seconds.

Advanced (background) correction

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