Photoshop is THE tool for today’s photographers.  It’s turned the “darkroom” into  the “digital darkroom”making it easy, not to mention fun, to spend hours working on images.  I have put together some samples to show the SOOC image (straight out of camera) compared to a digitally enhanced image.  The digitally enhanced image may include a combination of affects:  cosmetic retouching, toning to sepia, color saturation…and so on.  You can easily “see” how I use photoshop to create the different affects with the side-by-side comparisons. I do this extra step as part of my custom work…the final look of the image will vary depending on the composition, my client’s likes/dislikes and expectations.

I refer to cosmetic retouching when I work specifically with a clients eyes and around them as well.

Here’s a great example of color saturation.

Before…and…after:

Before…and…after:

Before…and…after:

Before…and…after: