I really enjoy looking at the before and afters on retouching web sites
here are some of my favorites...
http://www.fluideffect.com/
http://conraddigital.com/portfolio.php
http://www.digitalretouch.net/
http://www.glennferon.com/
http://www.beckelman.com/
http://www.amydresser.com/

wich ones are your favorites??

Me! I'm my own favorite

Anonimo... I have no personal preferences regading celebrities touched or retouched.

Anonimo... I have no personal preferences regading celebrities touched or retouched.
ok..but they don't have to be celebrity retouchers....

http://www.digitalretouch.net/ There is some very crappy work there...

I'm with The Veed. I'm my favorite.

http://www.digitalretouch.net/ There is some very crappy work there...

I'm with The Veed. I'm my favorite.
haha you really think its crappy?..... I would love to see some of your retouching :tongue:

HAHAHA. YES. SOME OF IT IS AWFUL.

Are you working for/with them or something? Look again. Blotchy crap with horrid color. There is a reason I've never heard of them before even though they are in nyc methinks..

I gotta agree with Ant. I've seen better.

i like conraddigital.com's style...very clean and natural. great color.

HAHAHA. YES. SOME OF IT IS AWFUL.

Are you working for/with them or something? Look again. Blotchy crap with horrid color. There is a reason I've never heard of them before even though they are in nyc methinks..
No I don't work with them haha but I tought it was good retouching they did...but I guess not :|

Conrad does some very nice work.

Chris

amy dresser is still on top of my list ..

Amy Dresser is my favorite!

And I agree - Conrad does wonderful work too it seems ... would love to se some 'Before shots'

/megl

I'll agree with everyone about digitalretouch.com.... but they obviously have a nice sized clientele list or they wouldn't still be around. You want to see a good site... go to christarantino.com. I love that before/after slide. Good work!

Heya
Check it out
http://www.calvinhollywood.de
(Galerie-vorher/nacher)
Thats my befor - after Gallery

I am a german Freelancer near Heidelberg

Lg Calvin

My personal Fav is Scott Dorman

http://www.digitalretouch.net/ There is some very crappy work there...

I'm with The Veed. I'm my favorite.

I was just going to say, they seem to only adjust the color in the photos.

I have to agree - the work at Digital Retouch is fairly heavy-handed and generally quite inconsistent.

The work of both Chris Tarantino and Conrad represents the kind of skill level and attention to detail that I would hope to aspire to.

Also - currently my favourite - the totally awesome work being done by Carrie Beene and Otto Imaging in NYC.

http://www.ottoimaging.net/

If my work was half as good as hers I would be a happy retoucher.


BTW: the term 'Celebrity Retouchers'... does that mean 'Retouchers of pictures of celebrities' or 'Retouchers who are themselves celebrities'? Either way it's a pretty crass term, and since almost all retouching goes un-credited, how can a retoucher ever become a celebrity? Furthermore, surely the nature of celebrity itself precludes the promotion (or even mention) of retouching in the first place.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I like some of the work of
http://stepheneastwood.com/

Check these by belgian Koen Demuynck ... NOT beauty or celeb related =) but goood and sometimes quite disturbing.

http://2photo.ru/2007/06/05/kreativnyjj_zhestkach_fotograf_koen_demuynck.html

http://www.digitalretouch.net/ There is some very crappy work there...

I'm with The Veed. I'm my favorite.

Besides that, the site takes forever to load!

Besides that, the site takes forever to load!
I thought I'm the only one that thinks that website is terrible, especially for a company that has a huge clientele. I actually left the site when I first encountered with that unnecessary intro screen. I only revisited after I saw the comments made by some of you.