The other side of the work.
Systems decide how a business works. The studio decides how it looks. I keep both because a system that runs well and looks careless still reads as careless.
- Retouching04 published below
Raw file in, finished frame out — cleanup, compositing and colour.
- Photography
Product, location and event work, shot for where the image will be used.
- Film
Short-form for social: cut, graded and captioned.
- Brand identity
Marks, colour and type, with the rules that keep them consistent.
- Campaign creative
The set a campaign needs — sized and written per placement.
- Art direction
Deciding what the work should look like before anyone makes it.
Published here: retouching. The rest of the studio work is not online yet.
BeforeAfterStudio fashion shoot
Raw: lighting gear inside the frame and a scuffed blue backdrop. Edit: subject isolated, a new gradient-and-bokeh background built, skin and contrast regraded.
BeforeAfterStudio portrait
Frame cleanup, colour regrade and skin work.
BeforeAfterCanon capture — raw file
From a raw CR2 to a finished frame: exposure, grade and background cleanup.
BeforeAfterPortrait retouch
A close retouch that keeps skin texture instead of smoothing it away.
Need both sides?