Digital Enhancement vs Digital Re-Touching…?
All of the images from your day are taken through an extensive digital process before you get to see the proof prints. They are colour and contrast corrected with blemishes removed from skin like pimples, spots and shaving rash, and distracting non-invasive background elements are removed (for eg. wall exit signs etc.) We then further enhance your selected images that go into your album or are chosen for prints etc. Nic is a professional photographer so this ‘Digital Enhancement’ is part of his service to his clients. However occasionally we are asked if we can…”make people dissapear..look 10 years younger… lose weight…add people who weren’t in the original photo…remove complicated background scenery elements etc…” These requests are for ‘Digital Retouching’ and go beyond the realms of Nic’s ‘Digital Enhancement’ of his work. Digital retouching is a profession of it’s own and these kinds of major changes to photos are best left to the professional re-touchers who are qualifie
