hello
im navrender singh and im from india
im a professional retoucher you can check my work at my profile
you can contact me on email ( [email protected] ) or my instagram id ( instagram.com/nav_grafico_ )

a very minimalist, yet thought provoking thread

Is this invisible ink?

Too much dodge.

Only High End Retouching

Such a thing as 'Low End' Retouching?... could be interested in that...

High end is just a cunning marketing phrase invented by people who do free tests all the time and rarely get paid work and so they try to be paid more for the less they do. You can see those same people talking a great deal about industries, pop brand names etc. creating the impression that their whole life is extraordinary. But anyone who knows how to look can see the flaws in their work and in what they teach others.

So "high end" has nothing to do with retouching itself. There is high-end styling, high-end photography equipment but there is no high-end raw converter or clone brush. You either do the things rightly or damage the image. That's all. Retouching is just a small part of the whole process.