Portrait finishing
Light retouching keeps you looking like yourself at your best.
- Blemish and spot removal
- Natural skin-tone correction
- Stray-hair clean-up
- Subtle softening of temporary lines
Professional image finishing
Digital portrait retouching
Natural portrait retouching, background editing and creative image finishing from our Highgate photography studio.
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Natural results, carefully finished
Digital retouching is the final stage of a professional portrait. We refine the selected photograph without removing the expression, skin texture and individual features that make it believable.
Our retouching can be subtle or more creative, depending on how the image will be used. A professional business headshot or actor headshot normally needs a light, authentic finish, while a modelling or promotional image may suit stronger colour, background or compositing work.
- Remove temporary blemishes, spots and distracting marks
- Balance skin tone while retaining natural texture
- Tidy stray hairs and soften prominent lines or veins
- Improve contrast, colour balance and saturation
- Convert colour portraits to carefully toned black and white
Retouching options
From light touch-ups to creative editing
Every image is assessed individually, so the finish can match its purpose rather than applying the same effect to every portrait.
Creative manipulation
More involved work can reshape the setting or produce a deliberately stylised result.
- Background replacement using chroma-key techniques
- Detailed object or distraction removal
- Colour and contrast enhancement
- Creative composites and spoof magazine covers
Costs and approval
Retouching prices
Light additional retouching starts from £10 per photograph. Complex manipulation is priced according to the work and time involved, and we will confirm the cost before editing begins.
Selected retouched photographs are already included with our current studio packages: one with the £150 session and three with the £250 session. Please tell us if the image is intended for casting, business, print or creative promotion so we can recommend an appropriate finish.