Corrective Photo Retouching for Professional Photographers

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CLIENT REVIEWS

 

Laura Power

Wedding & Commercial Photographer - UK

“I am so happy to have been recommended Steves awesome editing skills! He has helped out on some very tricky and intricate images (Wedding & portrait) and every time I am blown away. His customer service is impeccable. A great service & will definitely continue to use him in the future.”

Adam Cornick

Freelance photographer - Canada

“I’ve been using Edit my Snaps for the last 3 years and love having Steve there on call for the tough editing projects beyond my skill set. Each project completed by Steve has far exceeded my expectations, I couldn’t recommend him enough.”

Stephanie Stephens

Jewellery Designer - Cornwall, UK

“Highly Recommended!!
I have been working with Steve on my jewellery photos and I can’t thank him enough for the amazing quality and work he puts in to editing my photos.”

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So, you're a pro-photographer but:

 

◉ Difficult corrective edits are stressing you out

◉ You're wasting precious time trying to master complex retouching techniques to get the work done

◉ You're not sure you even have the time or skills to complete the job by the client delivery date

 
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Imagine…

 

◉ Having an experienced retoucher on call to take care of any difficult corrective edits

◉ Having the time and head space to edit the rest of your work and run your business

◉ Receiving seamlessly retouched photos ready to send to your lovely clients

 
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With the proven skills and experience in complex corrective retouching
I’m ready to help you deliver your best work to your clients.

 

Hi! I’m Steve.

I’m a freelance photo retoucher and I believe that every photographer should have the chance to deliver their best work to their clients no matter their level of photo retouching skills.

Being a successful professional photographer can be exciting and rewarding but equally as stressful. With multiple shoots in the diary, photos to review and basic editing to be carried out, time can slip away and deadlines soon approach. It’s a big enough task to craft a great set of photos with well adjusted levels, colour and crop without the added pressure of complex photo retouching should it come up.

Once your wedding, portrait or commercial photoshoot is in the bag the only chance you have to change things is in post-production using software such as Adobe Photoshop Adobe and Lightroom. Small but complex changes can transform a great photo in to a perfect one! I've been taking on tricky corrective retouching projects for over 17 years and I’m super happy to now be working under my business name Edit My Snaps. Whether it's removing a person or object from a photo or fixing a wardrobe malfunction, I love being able to bring a little harmony to professional photography, so...

When your time is short, your patience is wearing thin or your retouching skill set isn’t yet up to speed let me take a load off your mind, give you back some time and take on the complex retouching so you can concentrate on what you do best - Taking great photos!

Take a look at the Services I Provide then drop me a line.

I can't wait to hear from you.

Steve Arthur - Your Photo Retoucher

 
 
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SOCIAL

Very proud to say I’ve been accepted as a volunteer digital retoucher for baby remembrance charity @remembermybaby 🙌 • ‘Remember My Baby’ (RMB) is a UK based registered charity which offers a gift of baby remembrance photography to all UK parents experiencing the loss of their baby before, during or shortly after birth. • It’s an incredible charity and to be able to offer my skills in this way is such a honour! • Please check them out and please spread the word of their amazing work! • https://www.remembermybaby.org.uk/ • #rmb #remembermybaby
Yup 🙂 Happy Friday 🙌 Posted @withrepost • @thecovengirlgang There seems to be an underlying, subconscious belief that are some point we will have “figured it out”, like it’s a physical point that we can teach. Well I hate to burst the bubble but no one has it all figured out, most business owners, career queens, freelancers, no matter how much they have learnt along the way have figured everything out. We learn every single day, we likely make mistakes on a weekly basis. Do not be fooled by what people brag about on social media, the reality is we are all just figuring it out.
The contentment that retouching can often bring to someone, who thought their photos were unchangeable, is often immeasurable. This is never more evident than in the editing of memorial photos. • To see a visual representation of a loved one literally in a "better place" can be a powerful thing and can bring an overwhelming sense of peace to grieving family and friends. • Take a look at this memorial photo example edit I created recently. I took inspiration from recent "memorial" commissions, to edit the family's favourite photo, (obviously I can't post the real jobs) taking their loved one from a hard, urban environment and placing them in to a softer, more peaceful scene and giving them the chance to remember without distractions. • After masking out the original background (but keeping complex hair in) I used several stock images to create a unique and appropriate background including a softer wooden fence for the subject to lean on. Matching the angle of the original metal fence looked odd in the new scene so some careful editing was required to lower and straighten her arms so it appeared she was leaning on the wooden fence naturally. After applying the appropriate shadows (under hands and back etc) I then applied a lens flare originating at the light source on the new background, to create a subtle dream-like feel to the finished piece. • Scroll to see original and some of the elements used. You can also view this edit in my online gallery. Just head to the website (link in bio). • #photooftheday #highqualityphotoretouching #highendretouch #photoretouching #photoretoucher #retouching #retoucher #photoediting #photoedit #photoshop #compositing #memorial #lovedone #remember #memories #funeralservice
“Red & Blue” - It’s another throwback, to a portfolio piece I created a little while back. • This was a chance to practice some classic cosmetic retouching techniques and to come up with some interesting ideas for future projects. • I purposely took this image quite far (swipe to see the original photo) with the idea of giving the model a slight android look by making her almost symmetrical but without actually copying one whole side to the other. • After carrying out hair retouching (removing stray hairs and giving it direction) I brought the same wave of hair from the left to the right hand side and centralised her parting. I also did the same with her shoulder line. • Once skin, eye and eyebrow retouching were complete I really wanted to accentuate the models freckles. Using channels and a “soft light” brush is a great way to pick out and isolate specific tones. Once the freckles were isolated and turned into a selection I could then add this to a “Levels” adjustment layer and push the tone of the freckles. • To top this shot off applied some dodging and burning and added a statement colour to the models torso to contrast with her red hair, hopefully nudging viewers to question who or what she might be - but mostly I figured it just looked kind of cool... • Interested in cosmetic (hair, skin, makeup, eyes etc) or creative retouching? Drop me a line! Link in bio. • #throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #retouching #retoucher #editmysnaps #photoeditor #photoediting #cosmetic #cosmeticretouching #blue #redhair #freckles #photoshoot #creative #photoshop #thepowerofphotoediting #stives #cornwall
Hey Photographers 📸 This is an attention to detail alert! • Yes, you can remove stuff in Photoshop quickly yourself and there are some great apps out there that remove things and people quickly to a standard passable enough for social media posts and the like. But when you’re best work is being viewed and printed at high resolutions and at large scales, there’s nothing worse than a great photo being dragged down by bad retouching! • When you’ve got a reputation to uphold, nothing beats the attention to detail that an experienced & professional retoucher can bring to your work. • Scroll to check out my before and after shots of an edit I carried out a little while ago. I’ve included an enlargement of an area showing the type of detailed retouching I’m talking about. • To book your photos in for detailed and professional corrective retouching contact Steve @editmysnaps today (link in bio). • #retouching #corrective #detailed #prophotographer #proretoucher #portraitphotography #natural #retoucher #removal #editorial #publication #photoediting #photoshop #retouched #adobe #masking #pentool #adjustments #balloons
Who doesn’t like a great review?! “Highly Recommended!! I have been working with Steve on my jewellery photos and I can’t thank him enough for the amazing quality and work he puts in to editing my photos.” Review by @stephaniestevensjewellery #editmysnaps #photoeditor #photoretoucher #photoediting #photoretouching #service #review #greatreview #goodreview #positivereview #photooftheday #photograph
Nice little background swap on a Thursday morning. Swipe for original shot. 🙂 Trickier than you might think to make the guy sit naturally in the kitchen scene. Firstly cutting him out using the pen tool for his body and then a more complex mask for his hair using channels and a “soft light” brush to grab the detailed wisps of hair. Next job was to make sure the tone of both photographs matched and matching the light source by adding an adjustment to his right hand side shoulder (as you look at him) and darkening the lower left hand side area. Lastly blurring the background slightly to add some depth of field and also adding a couple more tomatoes to the salad bowl just for some visual balance. Check out the website for higher resolution before and after shots (link in bio) 👍 #retouching #corrective #compositing #kitchen #natural #retoucher #salad #backgroundswap #editorial #publication #photoediting #photoshop #retouched #adobe #masking #pentool #adjustments #lightsource
HEY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS! 📸 . I NEED YOUR HELP! . I’m currently putting together a blog piece on wedding photography and how outsourcing your more complex photo retouching (to me 🙂) can benefit you as a photographer and business owner. So I thought I’d start by doing some market research and find out a little bit about what you do and how you do it. . I’d love to learn about your experiences in running a wedding photography business and to find out about your photographic style and how you edit your photos. . If you’re up for answering my wedding photography questionnaire I’d be super grateful! I understand your time is precious but it shouldn’t take much longer than 7 minutes. Simply click the link below to head to the questionnaire on my website. www.editmysnaps.com/wed-photo-quest . Thank you so much! Steve Arthur - Your Photo Retoucher . #editmysnaps #weddingphotographers #weddingphotographer #weddingphotos #weddingphotography #photoretouching #photoretoucher #photoediting #photoeditor #questionnaire
Hello! Special shout out to professional photographers 📸 Looking for a pro-retoucher to take on your more complex edits? 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ I’m here for you when the tough photo retouching goes beyond your skill set 👍 Edit My Snaps specialises in ”corrective” retouching and will: ☑️ SAVE YOU TIME! ☑️ SAVE YOUR SANITY! ☑️ MAKE YOUR PHOTOS LOOK EVEN BETTER! For more information on the most popular services I provide head to: www.editmysnaps.com I can’t wait to hear from you 🙂 Steve Arthur - Photo Retoucher #photographer #prophotographer #prophotography #weddingphotography #weddingphotographer #photoretouching #photoretoucher #photoeditor #photoediting #difficultedit #editmysnaps #cornwallbusiness #stives #cornwall
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