Migal Vanas Photography

Image Retouching and Editing

Headshot Photo Editing/Retouching and Colour Processing

Just as darkroom negative development and processing played a critical part in film photography, modern-day digital image editing and processing is integral to producing professional and striking final images. Every roll of film required developing, and every image taken on a digital camera needs to be processed and exported before it can be viewed online or printed. Modern consumer cameras automate this processing and exporting (commonly as JPG files) using predefined algorithms in order to simplify use for everyday users, but professional and commercial photographers will always consider each image in the RAW format created by the camera, and either batch or individually process them before exporting in the format and size the client requires.

Commercial Retouching: Before and after example. Model: Daanyaal Hendricks.

Headshot retouching takes a clean professional starting image and turns it into the next level, best version of the model, helping resume’s and casting sheets stand out, and giving that successful international edge to media photos and corporate portraits.

Retouching allows for:

• adjusting exposure (brightness) and colour,
• fixing blemishes and reducing imperfections,
• neatening, reshaping and adding volume to hair,
• neatening clothing by removing fluff or reducing creases,
• enhancing facial features,
• cropping and reframing,
• colour treatments, and
• adding effects and artistic flair.

Headshot images for print are required in high resolutions and print editing needs to be done in more detail than images required for social media or web use.

The amount of retouching is decided by the client and we often receive special requests such as:

• to look younger or to “lose weight”,
• for scars or skin conditions to be removed,
• removing bracers from or straightening teeth,
• changing the background or inserting a logo’ or
• “swapping” heads or features between photos.

Candid photos for use on Instagram can be processed in minutes, while images for print in high-resolution that require extensive skin and hair retouching or creative composite images combining multiple shots can take several hours.

Each headshot package includes a number of either Light, Full or Commercial edits. Additional edits can be requested and paid for per image.

Retouching Packages

* multiple changes may attract an additional charge

Commercial Retouching: Before and after example. Model: Lauren Brown.