Photo Editing
Sharing priceless family memories with strangers in your photos?
Took the perfect picture and captured the perfect photo-bomb instead?
I'm here to help!
Over the last 10 years I've professionally removed glass glare, sun flare, people/places/things - you name it, I've erased it. Manes have been tamed, eyes have been opened, and "Mona Lisa" smiles smoothed on the grumpiest of subjects. Those ten different photos, that each only have one face forward, find their way together in one cohesive group shot
(you might see my yearly practice on my own family Christmas card!).
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I can't change your own memories, and my goal isn't to replace reality, but I can provide a version more refined or aligned with what you want to put on display!
Photo edits are priced by level of difficulty and purchased in sets, as shown in the lists below; the price may increase on a photo-to-photo basis if more extensive work is required. If you’re interested in a combination of edits, or more than twenty (20), contact me to discuss!
Minor Edits:
small blemish touchups, two (2) or less background figure removals, slight color corrections
(1) photo: $10
(5) photos: $35
(10) photos: $60
(20) photos: $100
Major Edits:
multi-person touchups, (2) or less foreground figure removals, comprehensive corrections/white-balancing
(1) photo: $30
(5) photos: $100
(10) photos: $150
(20) photos: $200
Minor Photo Edits
background focused / figure removal
Lava Field before
The lava flow was from a recent eruption, and it blocked previously accessible park roads. Due to its location, it was easily accessible and open to traversing.
Lava Field after
The only location where lava met the road was here and crowded, because traveling to the other end wasn't feasible...which isn't a problem when there's editing.
Beach before
A public beach on a sunny summer afternoon in Hawaii is guaranteed to be busy, and vacationing with family comes with restraints.
Beach after
This was the only opportunity for photos here, so I took a variety of different shots and relied on using the available landscape to edit later.
Minor Photo Edits
foreground focused / small blemish touchups
Right Hand
"Blemishes" can refer to a variety of issues, accidents, and mistakes: in the examples above, two nails had chipped off before documenting the new manicure.
My nails are natural and I do them myself, so while I could have waited for regrowth and tried again, I didn't want to repeat the color yet (there was a lot of glitter).
Left Hand #1
I opted to use my stronger [non-glitter] skillset, and using memory and the other nails, edited the photos to reflect the former shapes and lengths of the missing two.
Left Hand #2
Minor Photo Edits
foreground focused / small blemish-glass glare
Pre-Edited Portrait
Glass glare ranges from pinpoint spotlights to widespread whole-lens reflections - anytime there's a light source above or in front of the wearer, there's a chance for glare. It's easier to test an indoor flash's effect on glasses - but it's not fool-proof - so it's helpful to take multiple photos of subjects wearing glasses; the safest option is to take one without their glasses to use later as a reference.
In the example photo, I removed the glass glare on the left pair by referencing her surrounding skin, and an additional photo wasn't necessary. The pair on the right did require their extra photo, because I didn't want to reconstruct his eyes covered by the glare; if I didn't have a non-lens photo, I could have used his left eye to fill in the spots.
Edited Portrait
Major Photo Edits
foreground focused / comprehensive corrections
Original RAW Image
The original file from the photoshoot; a lot of my green screen edits begin with obvious areas needing correction. Keeping this original file unedited provides a reference point, showing where the lighting or color may need extra attention later.
A smoothed background is helpful when merging the image, depending on the green screen program used; I find this technique especially useful when batch editing multiple foreground photos to multiple background photos all at once.
Edited Green Screen Image
The final stage of green screen photos: the edited and merged file. Not all backgrounds require heavy editing to the foreground to match the environment (more so for full-length portraiture) but is always an option for a more realistic merge.
Finished / Merged Image
Major Photo Edits
foreground focused / figure removal
Original RAW Image
The original file from the photoshoot was selected out of necessity and for ease of editing: I needed a portrait, and we were posed with our hands to ourselves, so I had no body parts to remove/fill in on the intended remaining subject (myself); though not impossible, simpler is better.
When removing background subject(s), the green screen is selected and 'masked' (hidden) as well, leaving the foreground cut-out layer. Since this is a singular edit, background image(s) are imported as individual layers below the foreground and the merged photo is finished from this file.
Edited Green Screen Image
Once a background is imported, and before final merging, there is an opportunity to see and fix the edges of the subject from any residual color-leak from the green screen. No editing was necessary to match the subject to the generic background, other than a shadow for minimal depth between fore/background.
Finished / Merged Image
