Portrait Retouching
Dodge and Burn: The Subtle Art of Sculpting Light in Portrait Retouching
Dodge and Burn: The Subtle Art of Sculpting Light in Portrait Retouching When I first started portrait retouching, I noticed something that separated good edits from great ones: the subtle interplay of light and shadow across the face. That’s where dodge and burn comes in—and honestly, it’s become one of my most-used techniques. Dodge and burn isn’t new. Traditional darkroom photographers have used these methods for decades to selectively lighten and darken areas of a print.