The Art of Retouching

We are Master Retouchers.


The mastery of high end digital retouching and enhancing is an essential tool of any professional photographer. High end expert retouching blends perfectly to become a natural and undetectable part of the image. It does not draw attention to itself.  Below are some before/after sliders which illustrate situations you may run into on your wedding day. It also demonstrates just how powerful our retouching expertise is. There isn't a single request we can't handle.


Examples are best viewed on a large screen.


Detailed information and pricing located at the bottom of the page.

Scene rebuild & head replacement

Candlewood Inn

Wedding party walking across a green lawn. The bride and groom are in white, others in brown and orange outfits.
Wedding party walking on a grassy lawn with a white building and trees in the background.

Madison Beach Hotel on July 4th weekend.

Example of major retouching and scene rebuilding.

Bride and groom walk hand-in-hand on a sunny beach, toward a shoreline. Other beachgoers relax nearby.
Newlyweds walk hand-in-hand on a sandy beach, toward the ocean, houses in the background.
Bride in white dress gives gift to groom in blue suit, seaside setting.
Bride approaches groom sitting on a rock. Groom wears a blue suit; bride holds gift, wearing a white dress. Coastal setting.

Scene rebuild, retouch & enhance

Lake of Isles

Bride and groom exit a building, smiling, while a man in a suit gestures from below.
Bride in white dress at doorway, father with arms outstretched, stone steps and building.

Dead grass replaced. Scene rebuild

Larimar Golf Club

Bride in wedding dress touches groom's shoulder in outdoor setting, with a building and blue sky in background.
Bride touches groom’s shoulder. They stand on green grass with a house and trees in the background under a blue sky.

Wedding officiant removed. Scene rebuild & retouch.

St. Clements Castle

Wedding Couple kissing at wedding ceremony with floral arch and lake backdrop.
Wedding Couple kiss under a decorative arch with flowers, overlooking a lake.

Example of facial retouching

Close-up of a bride with dark skin looking towards the camera, wearing eye makeup and a light pink lipstick.
Bride with dark hair and brown eyes, wearing makeup, looking at the camera.

Glasses glare and facial blemishes removed.

Below is an example of (extensive) retouching & rebuilding.

Bride with curly red hair, glasses, and a veil smiles, likely a bride.
Bride with red hair, glasses, and veil, smiling; soft-focus portrait.

Major scene rebuild, retouch & enhance.

Essex Steam Train

White limousine with a bride exiting, rain, train in the background.
White limousine with passenger being helped under an umbrella near a train.

Scene Rebuild

Move the slider to the far right to see the before image.

Move the slider to the far left to see the enhancement.

Note the removal of the upper left overhang and the

table and person in the lower right corner of the image.

Madison Beach Hotel.

Newlyweds embrace, watching fireworks over water at night.
Wedding Couple embracing, watching fireworks explode over a body of water at night.

Scene rebuild, retouch & enhance.

Chosen as the cover of CT. Bride Magazine.

Bride and groom on a beach, embracing, against a blue sky with clouds.
Bride and groom on a beach, embracing; black and white photo with cloudy sky.

Scene enhancement.

Wedding Couple in wedding attire holding hands, silhouetted against a dusky sky over a field.
Wedding Couple holding hands silhouetted against a colorful sunset. The bride wears a veil and gown, the groom a cowboy hat.

Scene enhance, rebuild & retouch.

Wedding Couple kissing, holding sparklers, in front of a building with purple-lit windows at dusk.
Wedding Couple kissing, framed by sparkler heart in front of a lit building.

Selective Handcoloring & Panorama

Wedding ceremony in a church with stained glass windows and rows of pews.
Interior of a church during a wedding ceremony. Guests seated in pews, bride and groom at the altar. Stained glass windows.

Panoramas are best viewed on a large screen.

Enhancement Information & Pricing


Complete Enhancement Upgrade: $600

  • Facial retouching (acne, shine, natural skin smoothing and other situations) 
  • Scene rebuilding and object removal when necessary and only for unintended people or objects
  • Effects such as lighting, sky enhancements, hand coloring, toning and cinematic effects
  • Text in albums
  • Panoramas


Effects Only: $350

  • Effects such as lighting, sky enhancements, hand coloring, toning and cinematic effects


Retouching Only (Minor): $350

  • Minor facial retouching (acne, shine and natural skin smoothing) 
  • Minor scene retouching (this is not scene rebuilding or whole object removal--this will not clear people or objects on a crowded beach!)


Text Only: $200

  • The inclusion of text in your album such as adding lyrics, quotes, vows


Pricing does not include tax.