While I'm far from a professional photographer, I do love to make photos, edit photos and restore photos. I use all the tricks in Photoshop, an array of special effects plug-ins and professional portrait retouching software.
Image editing: I replaced Uncle Sam's face and blended the woman in as if part of the original artwork. I also designed the poster.
The setting, the finery, the attitude...But post-production made this shot a keeper: distractions were removed (flash shadows, some furniture); curtains with blown-out highlights were replaced.
Gwen's Graphic Solutions got off the ground with real estate photography and designing the related marketing materials for dozens of properties.
I took Individual on-site (factory)product photos, then removed the backgrounds and superimposed each onto a stock water background for this tri-fold brochure, which I also designed.
This client had me restore a collection of old, damaged portrait photos for her website.
Color changes (shorts & shin guards), exposure correction, cropping, adding, removing or repositioning elements are all common modifications I make to bring a composition to life. This edited staff photo appeared on the cover the Medford Community Connection.
In post production, I replaced this handsome lad's attire and the background of his senior portrait. Mom was happy, but the graduate may never forgive me.
Street scene in downtown Shanghai by Gwen. Special effects in post production can transform an appealing composition into a image that evokes the mood you intended to capture.
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