Professional Retouching – The Final Touch That Makes All the Difference
Even with perfect lighting, great poses, and high-end camera gear, a professional photoshoot in Paris isn’t complete without one essential step: retouching.
Retouching isn’t about changing who you are — it’s about enhancing what’s already beautiful while respecting the authenticity of the moment.
Our Goal: Enhance the Natural — Never Overdo It
We don’t believe in plastic skin, fake skies, or Instagram-style filters.
Instead, our retouching aims to:
Highlight your best features
Remove distractions from the background
Balance colors, light, and composition
Maintain a natural and timeless style
✨ Every final image looks polished, professional, and elegant — without ever looking fake.
How We Edit: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Our Photo Retouching Process
1. Careful Selection of the Best Images
After your photoshoot in Paris, you receive a private online gallery with all the best unedited images.
You choose your favorites — or let us help if you’re unsure.
Those selected photos are then edited individually, by hand, using professional software.
2. Global Enhancements
We start with general adjustments to bring balance and clarity:
Exposure and contrast correction
White balance and skin tone calibration
Horizon straightening and crop refinement
Overall color grading to fit the mood of Paris
🎨 This gives the image a clean, high-end look while staying faithful to the natural light and setting.
3. Skin & Face Retouching (Subtle and Respectful)
We believe in real beauty — not airbrushing people into mannequins.
Here’s what we do:
Soften small skin imperfections (pimples, shiny spots, minor redness)
Lighten dark circles naturally
Brighten eyes gently
Adjust facial lighting to create flattering shadows
❗️No over-smoothing. No facial reshaping unless you request it. You’ll still look like you — just on your best day.
4. Background Cleanup & Scene Polish
Paris is beautiful, but sometimes unwanted elements sneak into the shot — people, trash bins, signs, etc.
We handle that by:
Removing visual distractions (blurry tourists, cars, cables…)
Enhancing skies, greenery, and architecture
Improving texture and contrast for storytelling depth
🎯 Every background is cleaned with care to highlight you and the city, not clutter.
Our Editing Tools: Built for Professional Photography
We use top-tier industry software for full creative control:
Adobe Lightroom – for global adjustments and tone mapping
Adobe Photoshop – for precise local edits
Retouch4Me, Portraiture, Nik Collection – for skin and detail refinement
Each edited photo takes 10 to 45 minutes, depending on complexity.
📁 Final Delivery – Ready for Any Use
Once your photos are fully retouched, we send them in two formats:
✅ High-resolution (300 DPI) – for printing, framing, albums, or your portfolio
✅ Web-optimized (1080–2048 px) – for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, or websites
Delivered via a private download link, with full personal usage rights.
📦 Want extra versions for social media posts, profile pictures, or cover banners? Just let us know.
Delivered Formats After Retouching
All final photos are delivered in two formats:
✅ HD 300 dpi – Perfect for printing, framing, or creating physical photo albums
✅ Web-optimized (1080px or 2048px) – Ideal for quick sharing on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and moreEach photo is uncompressed, high-quality, and ready to use across all platforms.
Why Retouching Matters More Than You Think
Even technically perfect photos can suffer from small distractions:
- An unwanted shadow
- An uneven sky
- A slightly tilted horizon
- A bit of skin texture that catches the light oddly
🖌️ Professional retouching elevates your photos from “great memory” to “frame-worthy art” — while keeping the emotions and atmosphere fully intact.