by Dennis | Jan 21, 2011 | Case Studies
The other day I was browsing through the APANet discussion list and came across a question from a photographer about banding issues they were seeing in the skies of some images. After responding there I thought this would be a great topic for a Blog post so here we...
by Dennis | Oct 7, 2010 | Case Studies
One of the more common techniques retouchers use is named for an old darkroom technique, Burning and Dodging. Back then we’d use our hands or some other device to either expose a part of an image longer (Burning) or to keep the light out of an area on the image...
by Dennis | Sep 16, 2010 | Case Studies
Last month I worked with the good folks at Arsonal, www.arsonalla.com, to create the final artwork promoting Bravo’s new cooking show, “Top Chef Just Desserts”. In addition to the usual magazine ads this campaign entailed a tie-in with the current...
by Dennis | Jul 20, 2010 | Case Studies
I became a fan of D.A. Wagner’s work when I came across his website last year. Balancing deliberation and spontaneity with great concepts D.A. creates some fantastic still life images of food. To see for yourself just take a quick visit to his website here:...
by Dennis | Jul 16, 2010 | Case Studies
In reading various blogs and articles by and about retouchers I see lots of folks focus on the dramatic before/afters as proof of a particular retoucher’s skill.Sure, that can be pretty impressive. But on some level that seems like we’re focusing on the...
