Video Tutorials
Retouching a Dramatic Male Headshot: A Working Photographer's Breakdown of Aaron Nace's Photoshop Method
Male portrait retouching has its own specific logic, and for a long time I got it wrong. I’d apply the same approach I used on beauty editorial work and wind up with headshots that looked polished in a way that felt off. Skin too smooth, texture too even, the whole thing reading as slightly artificial. It took a few uncomfortable client conversations before I understood that retouching a man’s face is less about refinement and more about editing with restraint, knowing what to remove and what to leave alone.