“My feeling is that for years now it has taken a much too big part in how women are being visually defined today,” photographer Peter Lindbergh recently reported to “The New York Times” in regard to digital retouching. He added, “Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.”
With this sentiment, Lindbergh brings the “too much or too little” arguments about retouching to an important level of social concern relating to one’s sense of identity. This is a lot more interesting than Continue reading “On Heartless Retouching”
Tags: American Society of Magazine Editors, ASME, Beauty Photography, Commercial Photography, Eric Wilson, Fashion, Peter Lindbergh, Photography, Photoshop It, Postproduction, Retouching, Style, The New York Times, The Sociology of Photography
Regardless of political orientation, everyone seemed to be pretty perturbed last week when the White House shelled out $300,000-plus to fly Air Force One over New York City to take a publicity shot, not only spending money needlessly but also scaring the pants off the locals.
Photoshop master Scott Kelby took action (Photoshop action, that is) by writing the White House via his blog, “Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider.” Check out his April 30th post here. Continue reading “Scott Kelby Writes the White House”
Tags: Blogs, Humor, NAPP, National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Postproduction, Retouching, Scott Kelby
“We all look at photoshopdisasters.com,” New York-based still life photographer Nicholas Eveleigh told me during a recent interview. He was referring over reliance on postproduction to try to correct the uncorrectable. “One can make some REALLY nice images without Photoshop,” said Eveleigh, who tries to get it right in-camera.
I said, “Yes” when Eveleigh mentioned Photoshop Disasters, as if EVERYONE knows about it. And according to the site, 30,000 photographers head there each day, indicating that, um, just about everyone on the planet is in the know. But, um, I wasn’t. Continue reading “Photoshop Disasters is Fun and Educational”
Tags: Educational Resources, Inspiration, Nicholas Eveleigh, Online Learning Resources, Photoshop Disasters, photoshopdisasters.com, Postproduction, Retouching
Speaking of retouching, have you visited Retouched.net? It’s a great resource for learning about retouching — arguably the final frontier for most digital photographers — as well as many aspects of digital photography in general.
Retouched.net features article, columns, and video tutorials. The site also features lots of ads, links and clutter that can make it a bit overwhelming. But if you get past the overwhelm, you’ll find gobs of timely and helpful content about postproduction.
Particularly nice is that Retouched.net features artist profiles, whose insights help us think about retouching more as an art and less a set of Photoshop techniques.
Tags: Inspiration, Online Learning Resources, Online Resources, Retouched.net, Retouching
We all know how much celebrity, fashion and beauty images are retouched. But then, do we really? Head to Digital Retouch for a number of “before” and “after” examples of brilliant, high-end retouching. You might be surprised at how far retouching can go – and still retain a acceptably natural look.
The site is meant as a sales platform and not for education. But you will likely find it educational to check out the four sections named “Beauty/Hair,” “Correction,” “Shaping,” and “Manipulation.” Each image includes a peel-back feature that reveals the “before” image, and comparing what has been done (what is possible) can be enlightening, if not inspiring. Continue reading “Before and After Retouching Insights”
Tags: Andrew Matusik, Beauty Photography, Commerical Photography, Digital Retouch, Fashion Phography, Insiration, Learning Resources, Retouching, Stewart Price
