Kindle the Heart®... Blog » Middle-Tennessee Professional Retouching http://kindletheheart.com/blog Middle-Tennesse Photographer Kindle the Heart® Fine Art Photography Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:39:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Why does it take so long to see my proofs?” http://kindletheheart.com/blog/2009/04/06/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-see-my-proofs/ http://kindletheheart.com/blog/2009/04/06/why-does-it-take-so-long-to-see-my-proofs/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:13:41 +0000 Michelle http://kindletheheart.com/blog/?p=582 This image was taken by a colleague (who shall remain nameless!).  She hired me to retouch for her.  As professional photographers, we don’t like to share our images before they have been edited.  It’s like leaving your house without clothes — an un-retouched image is “naked”!   I tell my clients all the time that the real magic happens in the computer.  It all starts with a well composed, well lit image (and this IS), but what gives it the polish of a professional image is the retouching. 

This is the original image, straight out of the camera…

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After I retouched it…

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If you’ve ever wondered why it takes so long to see your proofs, THIS is the reason.  We want your images to be the best they can be!

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