10 Elements That Separate a Forgettable Snapshot from a Portrait People Actually Remember

10 Elements That Separate a Forgettable Snapshot from a Portrait People Actually Remember

There’s a moment early in my retouching career I don’t talk about enough. A client looked at her finished images, paused, and said, “She doesn’t really look like me anymore.” That was the feedback that made me put down my Healing Brush and start thinking differently about what portrait work is actually for. Making someone look great is not the same as making them look different. The gap between those two things is where most of us get lost.