SESSION INFO

Once you contact me we will decide how you would like your session to run, what ideas you have, what you would like to wear, etcetera and we will schedule an appointment at your convenience. I have regular studio hours and can accommodate daytime, evening and weekend appointments.

My sessions usually take about 3 hours (sometimes more, sometimes less depending on how many ideas we have). I take approx 150-250 photos. Within 24 hours your proofs are uploaded for you to view in a private, password-protected gallery. At your leisure you can view your proofs and choose the shots you would like retouched and finished. There is no pressure and you can view your images in the privacy of your own home. Take your time and choose your favorites!

Your proofs are unedited versions of all the photos from your photoshoot. The photos you choose will then be edited carefully and precisely to show you at your absolute best! Don't worry about blemishes, stretch marks, scars or other little issues... they will disappear! At your request I can also trim off a few pounds, remove wrinkles, add muscle definition and lots more! Don't worry, I will keep you looking like yourself, I just always pay close attention to the little details!

Once I have your choices I finish them and e-mail you web-sized images (small size for uploading to social networking sites, emailing, etc) as soon as they are done. Once I have your approval on the finished images I will send them out for printing. As soon as I get them back from the printer I will put them in the mail to you (or arrange pick-up/drop-off if preferred).

For an additional fee, I will send you a CD with full-sized, finished digital files. I will also provide a signed “Consent to Copy” form so that you can make as many copies as you’d like at the location of your choice. 

RETOUCHING

It goes by many names... retouching, editing, airbrushing, Photoshopping, post-production and so many more. But, what IS it?

Retouching is the process that you see at work in all major magazines, advertising, commercial publications, makeup ads, billboards and so much more. Retouching, or editing, has many purposes but it serves one major purpose in the genre of glamour and boudoir photography... to make you look your best! Retouching should leave you looking like the absolute best version of yourself, not like an unrecognizable stranger! Careful, knowledgeable, thoughtful retouching makes a great image truly spectacular! Many photographers think that retouching is a substitute for good photography but that couldn't be further from the truth. A spectacular image has to start out as a great one right out of the camera, before it is ever even opened in an editing program like Adobe Photoshop.

Many customers have difficulty visualizing what retouching can do for an image. It can serve many purposes, such as smoothing skin, whitening teeth, removing blemishes and scars, slimming and trimming the body and so much more. Below I have included a before and after image of a lovely model (with her explicit permission, of course!)  that I shot in my studio. Let me start out by saying that this model is naturally quite stunning! My goal is not to "make" her beautiful with retouching but to simply enhance her natural lovliness and let all of her assets really shine! The finished product has the polish of a magazine ad without taking away her own individual beauty!