Luminous Landscape Forum
Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: rastas on September 25, 2016, 12:50:02 pm
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Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good architectural retoucher, anywhere in the world. Someone good with exposure blending, retouching, good color work, etc. Thanks.
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Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good architectural retoucher, anywhere in the world. Someone good with exposure blending, retouching, good color work, etc. Thanks.
You might ask Art Gray in Santa Monica, CA. He does his own very excellent work and not sure if he'd take someone on board for the retouching part - but worth a try to ask.
http://us.archello.com/en/company/art-gray-photography
Rand
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You might ask Art Gray in Santa Monica, CA. He does his own very excellent work and not sure if he'd take someone on board for the retouching part - but worth a try to ask.
http://us.archello.com/en/company/art-gray-photography
Rand
I don't mean to knock Mr. Gray, but I wouldn't call his post-processing excellent. Most of the samples on his site strike me as rather bland. Here are a couple of examples (his original edit on the left):
(https://s13.postimg.org/qqkihywhx/interior.jpg)
(https://s13.postimg.org/lt6xwuuit/interior2.jpg)
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A good retoucher can do pretty much any kind of photography. Limiting oneself to architecture is going to limit ones pocketbook.
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That's really weird. I looked at Art Gray's site and the Brentwood Residence gallery credits both Art Gray AND Benny Chan for the photography. Art's work, unfortunately is not anywhere in the vicinity of Benny's and is really substandard in my opinion. I share a studio space with Benny and can say without hesitation that he is one of the premier architectural shooters in the country today. He has his own in house retoucher, Erica Lowe, who is great at merging exposures together for these types of shots. Erica does do some freelance retouching but is pretty busy just doing Benny's images.
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You guys are a hoot.
Rand
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My friend uses this woman for his architectural work and she's excellent: http://www.tayloredimage.biz/Artist.asp?ArtistID=14698&Akey=YX679CJP
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Just stumbled across this old thread.
Not sure if anyone is still looking, but you could try > https://architecturalretoucher.com
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Just stumbled across this old thread.
Not sure if anyone is still looking, but you could try > https://architecturalretoucher.com
Now that is quality work.
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Now that is quality work.
So is it clear what is retouched?
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So is it clear what is retouched?
Yes, in the before-and-after examples, it seems pretty clear to me.
https://architecturalretoucher.com/before-after/
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OK missed that! Yes certainly looks better...than BEFORE
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You might ask Art Gray in Santa Monica, CA. He does his own very excellent work and not sure if he'd take someone on board for the retouching part - but worth a try to ask.
http://us.archello.com/en/company/art-gray-photography
Rand
You are misleading people with that link. A number of the projects include photos by more than one photographer, and it isn't clear in every case which photographer did which photos.
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A good retoucher can do pretty much any kind of photography. Limiting oneself to architecture is going to limit ones pocketbook.
That is not true. While a retoucher might have all the necessary technique, there can be aesthetic considerations requiring a a specific understanding of and appreciation for the particular subject matter. In that respect there is a big different between retouching, say portraits, and architectural/interiors subject matter. Sure, any competent retoucher can do things like removing light poles and power lines and the like, but there can be a lot more to it than that.
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That is not true. While a retoucher might have all the necessary technique, there can be aesthetic considerations requiring a a specific understanding of and appreciation for the particular subject matter. In that respect there is a big different between retouching, say portraits, and architectural/interiors subject matter. Sure, any competent retoucher can do things like removing light poles and power lines and the like, but there can be a lot more to it than that.
Nope. Nothing magic about it. If the original is decent, it's just a matter of compensating for lighting and removing unwanted stuff. As said, if the original is decent. Good architectural images need good photography to sort with, but, magic can be performed on the right piece of mediocrity. Of course, the retoucher will probably get zero credit for saving the day.
A good retoucher in any NYC or LA/SF studio can easily do that, then move over to a beauty shot (which is much harder, especially if hair work is involved, and the original is junk, but, beauty retouching is lucrative). If they can't, they aren't going to do well in the profession.
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For any type of architectural retouching, you can rely on Thomas Seely as he retouches all types of architectural, interior and editorial photos at a reasonable cost possible offering the high-end quality and maintaining the delivery time.
Website: http://www.thomasseely(DOT)com