Photo Editing

Hello photographer friends and welcome to my photo editing lab! If you’re feeling snowed under with too much in your editing queue, or just tired of spending countless evenings in front of a screen instead of with your family, then you’ve come to the right place. Editing is a very important part of your photography, but when it begins to take up too much of your valuable time, it may be worthwhile outsourcing it to a Lightroom wizard (such as myself). This will enable you to spend your hours more wisely, shooting more photos, posting favourites on Instagram, or doing other things such as having a life.

PRICE:

Starting from £0.25 per image (depending on quantity of images – please enquire for a personalised quote)

SERVICE INCLUDES (as needed):

– Cropping & straightening
– Colour correction
– Basic adjustments
– Tone curves
– HSL colour alterations
– Sharpening & noise reduction
– Lens distortion correction
– Chromatic aberration removal
– Split toning
– Adding/removing vignetting
– Basic spot healing
– Basic graduated, radial and adjustment brush filters

WILL THE PHOTOS STILL LOOK LIKE MY WORK?

I tailor my work for each unique photographer and will craft the editing to match your signature style. You can send me any Lightroom presets you currently use for your edits, and I also have the Mastin Labs Fuji Lightroom preset pack which I can use as a base to achieve the light, airy pastel look if you request. If you’d like, I can also help you to create an editing style which suits your work, or develop your current techniques to bring out the very best in your images.

WHO WILL BE EDITING MY IMAGES?

Lightroom Editing is my favourite part of the whole photography process, and I love being able to help other photographers by taking care of some of their workload for them. I think it’s important to have a personal editor to ensure consistency in what you deliver to your clients, therefore I only work with a select few photographers so you can be sure that it’ll always be me editing your photos.

HOW SOON DO I RECEIVE THE EDITS BACK?

You don’t need to keep your clients waiting for months during the peak season, as turnaround for weddings sent to me for Lightroom Editing is approximately 5-10 business days (3-5 business days for shorter sessions). Turnaround times can vary, depending on both the quantity of images and where we are in the season, and I will always give you an estimated delivery date upon receiving your catalogue.

WHAT PROGRAM/APP DO YOU EDIT IN?

I have the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, or alternatively Adobe Lightroom 5 if you are not yet using the Cloud applications.

DO I HAVE TO SEND YOU BIG RAW FILES?

I work on just the Smart Previews in Lightroom so there is no need for transfer of the actual RAW files, but I can only work on photos that were originally shot in RAW format (not JPG). It’s a fairly simple process and I am happy to talk you through it and provide support if you’re new to Lightroom.

CAN I SEND YOU SOME IMAGES FOR TESTING?

I offer a free trial-edit for prospective clients, where you can send over a few images for me to style-match.

DO YOU DO PHOTOSHOP RETOUCHING/HEAD SWAPS ETC?

I also offer a Photoshop Retouching Service for which there are more details below.

HOW DO I HIRE MY OWN EDITING WIZARD?

If you have an enquiry about any of my editing services, do get in touch with more information so that I can give you a personalised quote based on your needs. You can contact me via email (marie@mariefrancesca.com) for a chat and to arrange a trial-edit to see if we would be a good match. I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

PRICE:

Starting from £2.50 per image (depending on retouching requirements – please enquire for a personalised quote)

SERVICE INCLUDES LIGHTROOM EDITING PLUS THE FOLLOWING (as needed):

– Subtle liquify techniques to reshape objects, fix unflattering fabrics or to make hair voluminous
– Advanced spot healing, cloning, patching etc to clean up the image and remove blemishes
– Eyes and teeth whitening
– Advanced brushes, plus graduated and radial filters to enhance targeted areas
– Gradient maps for custom colour palette effects
– Frequency separation to retouch and smooth the skin whilst keeping things looking realistic
– Dodging and burning for if you forgot the bronzer and want to contour those cheekbones
– Light haze painting to compliment colours and enhance soft, shallow depths of field (my favourite)
– Advanced sharpening for a super smooth and detailed finish
– Path cutting for separating objects from a background
– Sky replacements and head swaps

SOFTWARE:

Photoshop Retouching is done using a RAW file in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop CC.