Any work you do to a subjects eyes during the editing process will have a dramatic impact on the portrait. There are so many different things you can do to enhance eyes – pupil enlargement, changing colour, creating new eye lashes etc. In this tutorial I’d like to show you a few of the basic...
Being able to retouch ‘perfect’ looking skin without completely destroying skin texture or making your subject look like a plastic doll requires patience. A lot of photographers seem to give-up after ten minutes or reach for skin softening actions and plug-ins. These things can be incredibly useful, I use them myself, but I think it’s...
I’m just finishing off an edit for a newborn photo session I did with the lovely little Eva and her family in Nottingham recently. I couldn’t really decide which version of these basket images I prefer so I thought I’d throw them out there and see what you think. I like them all but I’m...
Following on from my recent children’s photography feature in Photo Pro I’m really happy to have been asked to write a series of portrait retouching tutorials for the magazine. I know there’s quite a few overseas photographers who read my blog and are unable to get the magazine so I thought I’d post the tutorials...
So I’m a ‘little’ behind with blogging images from recent shoots. And when I say a ‘little’ behind I actually mean quite a lot. So, here’s a few images from a great photoshoot I had with the little Matilde in Warwick towards the end of last year. I had great fun on this shoot, I...
I’ve had a 50mm f/1.4 on my ‘lenses to buy’ list for quite some time now. I’ve read plenty about how its a great lens for Newborn Photography but to be honest I’ve been really happy with my 24-70 f/2.8L and never really felt the need to buy one. However, I recently decided to take...
