If you’ve ever wondered why photographers can’t send your photos instantly right after the shoot, this is because the photos need to go through a few processes before reaching their final result! When we shoot, we shoot in a format called RAW, which is not suitable for general use. So first, after the photo shoot is completed, our photographer will transfer the photos to the computer and select the best ones. Next, it gets transferred to an editing software, where our editor would do a basic colour correction on every photo and then export it in JPEG format. We often have clients ask, What do we mean by basic colour correction? Does it include removing pimples, wrinkles, eyebags, etc… Unfortunately, these requests fall under extra editing requests, as they require a longer time and effort to edit. If we do this for every photo, you may not receive your photos within the promised timeline!
Basic Colour Correction
Colours in RAW format are usually lifeless-looking, but it is still the best format to further process in post production. So it’s absolutely a must that we bring some life to the photos! A basic colour correction is essentially adding and balancing out the brightness, colours (saturation), colour temperature, highlights, and shadows of the photos as well as cropping out excessive backgrounds to make the images look more centred. A few toggles here and there will instantly make your photos look more vibrant and captivating!
Have a look at the before (left) and after (right) samples here!
Extra Editing
We do offer extra editing services for those who wish to have a “picture-perfect” photograph. This service usually comes FOC when you order framed prints and albums with us. Alternatively, you can add on this service for your favourite selection of images at a minimal additional fee.
Extra editing includes:
- Skin smoothening
- Removing skin blemishes
- Minimizing eyebags/dark circles
- Minimizing wrinkles
- Removing flyaway hair
- Removing any background distractions
- Removing any scars/wounds
- Face/Body slimming
- Minimizing double chins
- Whitening teeth
- Make-up retouch (add blush, lipstick, etc)
- Minimizing creases on clothes
We hope this helps to clarify our editing services. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any more questions!