Last year I was assisted by a lot of newer photographers at my weddings. I am also a mentor on a professional wedding photographers forum.
One question I get asked a lot by up and coming photographers, but also by potential and current wedding & portrait clients is..
"How much touching up do you do to the photographs you take?"
It's a very BIG question, you look at some of the top wedding photographers and you will see some that do major retouching to their imagery, and some that do very little (or look like they do....)
Where do I stand?
Over the years, my style has changed.
When I first started shooting weddings 8 years ago, I was very much an advocator for the photojournalistic/reportage style of capturing weddings on film. I was also a very raw post processer, I wouldn't do much post processing at all to my images. I also did very little posing of my clients during the couples session.
These days I appreciate that a wedding day is that one special day that you are going to look your best and you want your images to show you at your best.
So minor re-touching on the skin, direction during the couples sessions, specialist lighting either natural or artificial; all these things that make your wedding day imagery with NMP that bit more special!
I will talk more about the couples session later...
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