Q – Do you do any retouching to photos of my wedding?
A – We always apply our special ‘Magazine Style’ retouching to every photograph we give you. This makes a ‘flat’ image into one that ‘pops’ off the page. And any images that are printed or that go into our Photobooks will always get more special treatments. We do this because, well … hands up who wants their photos to include the pimple on their nose that just appeared that morning (hands down Quasimodo)?
And – we are photographers who want to be proud of our work.
We shoot RAW images (unprocessed digital image files) which means that before processing these photos look rather flat BUT it means they contain every bit of information. This way we don’t lose details of really bright or really dark areas – they just need to be processed (each image one-by one on the computer) to bring these details out.
This is the post-processing that is time consuming, but worth every bit of effort. And this is the benefit of using top pro cameras, pro lenses and the latest bestest wizziest software. And not forgetting, our 20 years experience.
We are always careful about is not to ‘overdo’ the treatment as we want the final photo to still look natural, not all softy-focussy or with skin that has no texture – skin has texture, right?
Here are some examples of what we do.
original unretouched RAW image - nice but lacks a little zing!
Just our basic retouching - helps to 'lift' it off the page (or screen)
A really charming (but flat) RAW image that we wanted to process with a vintage feel
After some special work it now has a cool vintage look
Original RAW file - looks a little flat but contains all the great details which we need to bring-out
Colour corrected, zapped, and a little retouched
Classic Black and White version
A lovely RAW (unprocessed) image but needs a little of our special help
Nothing magic here - just our special 'boost'' to really 'lift' this beautiful face
The darkest church on the darkest day - but with RAW files and top pro cameras there is lots of info recorded
A bit of work and all the details are brought back into shot - impossible without shooting RAW with great cameras
As one of Sussex’s top wedding photographers we are proud of what we do and truly want you to have the best possible photography from your wedding day.