Another example of PROOF3 retouching
This was an exciting day for my best friends from my hometown. It was their wedding day, since I was asked to be in the wedding I wasn't the photographer which was kinda weird for me. Long before the wedding day I sat with the brideto offer some suggestions on how to interview a photographer and what to ask, after interviewing a few she finally found one that was a fit. I know they paid a pretty penny for their photos as they hired a seasoned wedding photographer and also purchased full rights and Raw files of their wedding. Needless to say that was a smart move most wouldn't even consider, what surprised me a few months after the wedding day the bride was a little disappointed with what she received. I knew something was up when I asked to see them and they took me to Hooters to get my favorite hot wings. Their treat!
I was informed that Shaun (the bride) was unhappy with the pictures and asked if I could fix them for her- after all she had all the RAW files on disks and showed me a few 16x20 reprints of the pictures they ordered. After I promised to take a look and see what was going on I could see her frustrations. Well, it just goes to show that anything can happen- even pros aren't perfect and that includes me too! But there were a lot of photos that really needed some help with just the basics in editing and none were taken care of to begin with.
So here's a few examples of what I did to the photos to my standards and also addressed the brides concerns. So of course I wanted to make the bride happy again and I wanted to share my insight with everyone.
Wedding Example#1
Again the photos were taken by another photog and I did these retouches.
This wasn't to bad- the main concern from the bride was that the photo was crooked. Notice how the stairs and alter are at a slant. Actually all the photos at the alter were crooked and it did look pretty bad. This was because the photog didn't use a tripod which would have been the easiest cure. So for the most part about 70 photos were crooked and needed to be re-cropped. I also did a quick white balance, brighten, and warmed up the scene, added some light airbrushing on the complexions, and toned up the brides arm a bit. perfect!
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