Formal Wedding Photography Photoshop Alteration

I get asked about my editing process by wedding clients quite a lot and how much photoshop work do I do with my images. I do quite a lot of skin smoothing, which I plan on posting about soon, but there are times when a client sends me back an image and asks if I could just change this or that. As I give unedited (throw away) shots to the clients as well as the ones I choose to process, I often say if there are images in the throw away pile that you would like something done to, just let me know and I’ll see what I can do. I must stress this doesn’t happen very often as clients are happy with the edits.

After Photoshop Alteration - Wakefield Wedding Photographer - Gents to the right have been moved in

Before Photoshop Alteration - Wakefield Wedding Photographer

With formal wedding photographs I tend to get through them quite quickly so I can concentrate on the informal side which, in my opinion is where the great images are to be captured. I also tell the bride and groom if they want a quick shot with uncle bob (or any other guests for that matter) just shout and I’ll get some no problem. In this shot the grand parents had missed the formal shots so we grabbed some just before the wedding breakfast. This version ended up in the throw away pile but the groom liked it but asked if I could possibly move his grandad to be closer in. It isn’t a very complicated procedure in photoshop and he, or his grandparents, were happy with the result.