Video Tutorials of Adobe Photoshop Image Manipulation and Retouching.
There are many professional image retouchers, professional
retouching websites, and photoshop tutorials
that teach a style of retouching that I would refer to as ‘glamour’.
The reason I call it ‘glamour’ is because they take a perfectly normal
photograph, usually of a model, and then they over exaggerate all the
different aspects of the image. For example, the whites are blown out,
the contrast is sharp, the colors are over saturated, and the overall
image looks very stylized.
The type of photo editing that we do here is not like
that at all. Our work is more grounded. We feel that we do our best
work, when you can’t tell that we did anything at all. Our photoshop techniques
don’t exaggerate the blowouts, we actually fil in the blowouts, leaving the detail
and better print reproduction.
Overall, our look is more natural, and that’s what we’re looking to
teach. By backing away from the overkill, you’re left with something
that looks realistic, and believable. Once you understand the
fundamentals of image editing, you can then let your creative side free.