How I Watch a Headshot Retouching Timelapse and Actually Learn From It

How I Watch a Headshot Retouching Timelapse and Actually Learn From It

There is a particular kind of client who emails you the morning after delivery to say the portraits look “a little overdone.” I got that email early in my retouching career, and it stung more than I want to admit. The problem was not that I was working too hard on the skin. The problem was that I had no real workflow. I was just pushing sliders around until something looked smooth, and smooth is not the same as natural.