I have attended many seminars and they tell you all the time, be careful when explaining to your clients all the retouching you have done to their bodies. I get it! Because at the end of your excited explanation where you tell them they’ve been nipped, tucked, de-speckled, lightened, and brighten they may not want to buy the photo you’ve worked so hard on. I get it. But sometimes you just want to let them know the reconstructive surgery you’ve done. That is not a diss to them, it just is what it is. It is possible to cut a person and they not bleed, it’s called SKILLS. Sometimes you just want to let them know the work you’ve put in, all in an effort to beautify them.
I wouldn’t dare use any of my clients, friends or family for this example, so I’ll just use myself. My face is pudgy in this picture and in real life. (I’m working on that but that’s another blog and another time.) I really like the expression on the face and the eyes in this photo. I don’t like the reality of the double chin though, so instead of scraping the photo I “lightly retouched it” (photog lingo).
Original
I achieved the look below by using the Patch and Liquify tools in Photoshop along with some other routine retouching techniques. I’d now buy this photo from my photographer… just don’t tell me the story behind it all. 
After Retouching
I’d like to hear your thoughts. Does it look like it has been retouched to you?
Photograph by Jessica Crowley
