Well May is here, and I had said that I was aiming to have my DVD done by May.

Its not.

I have been so swamped with Retouching and Alpha/Beta work for Adobe that I have barely enough time to see my 3 sons at eh end of the day.

But it is in the works and has not been forgotten about. Most of the content has been meshed out. I have consents from many hi-end Models to use their shots for this. Now it is just a matter of picking which images will be used...

ok, to start out fresh to all the 3 readers(that includes my mom) I just want to say: "hello!"

This is my first blog ever, so why not do it here on RetouchPRO.com where I spend all my hours, right?

I have learned a lot about retouching here. I can not express how much I appreciate this site! My shouts goes out to Ant, for his honest words, good advice and also fun reading. To Chris Tarantino for his educational replies. Always helpful. Edgework, you give...

At my seminar in Vegas last January, a lot of the attendees sort of gasped really loud at the before shots of some of the images I have worked.

Loud and very audible from at least 50 feet away.

Quite amusing really and at the same time quite a eye opener for me. You see, most of the class were already involved with what they called "Hi End Beauty Retouching" or were Photographers in the industry. Their response took me by as much surprise s the images did...

A while ago somewhere on the forum ( Sorry I cannot remember which post but should i remember where, i will edit that post) I posted some brush's i made from "Ovals" well i have added to them and here they are ( i might now be able to remember where they are )


Also i have added a couple of images using the two different sets so that you can see the differences between them . Also it will show you the difference you get when you click on the dynamic setting...

Recently I was working on an image for a client. I was doing my normal everyday skin work to some models who had devastating skin. As I was working, a question that a attendee to my Las Vegas retouching class asked popped into my mind.

How do you know when to much has been done? Is there ever a clear way to know when to stop retouching an image?

Its a great question and one that a lot of retouchers ponder over probably daily. It is also a question that has no easy...