Don’t overdo digital reductions or enhancements. You don’t want to
turn a 34B into a 34D—it will look unnatural to the client and to the per-
son who will be receiving the finished portraits. Your goal should be to
simply enhance your client’s natural beauty, not to create an entirely new
person who only exists on your computer.Advances in Technology.
It took me almost a year to pick up my first digital camera. I had used film
for so long, and I refused to change. I waited until the technology ad-
vanced beyond film’s capabilities. I feel that has happened in the past few
years, so I use digital exclusively. I never thought that I’d embrace digital
the way I do today! It has really helped me to fine-tune my lighting and
posing. Being able to review expressions in-camera, instantly, has saved me
so much time in the camera room and greatly reduced the need for retakes
in all areas of my business. The icing on the cake is the software used to cre-
ate the perfect finished images. I feel that I have more control over my fin-
ished prints and more options for expressing my creativity.This image pair shows how our before-
and-after pictures look on close-up
images. We don’t want to change a
woman’s appearance too much. We sim-
ply soften harsh lines and smooth wrin-
kles, but the overall appearance of the
woman is unchanged. The transition to
black & white was done in Photoshop.
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