Photo by Rene Michaels
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All images copyright Refined Images. Reproduction of any kind is prohibited (and illegal)
Expert photo retoucher with over 15 years experience making ordinary images come to life.
Retouching: remove blemishes & wrinkles, remove red eye, remove stray hairs, remove
unwanted objects/people, replace background, whiten teeth, remove logos, remove dust &
scratches, adjust highlights and shadows... with results that do NOT look retouched.
Color Correction/Balance: balance color (either CMYK or RGB), adjust curves & levels,
adjust white balance, channel mixing, tonal mapping... and more.
Special Effects: Cross-processing, sepia, hand-colored, duotone/monotone/tri-tone,
Pantone separations... the sky's the limit!
Tools & Specifications: All files manipulated in Mac Photoshop CS3 (layered with
lossless original), comfortable working with RAW, jpeg and tiffs.
Photography: Custom product shoots, portraiture, stock imagery. Equipment: Canon 20D Canon 70-200 f/2.8 IS, Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6, Canon 50 mm f/1.4, Alien Bees strobes, softbox, backdrop
stands/backdrops, Canon Speedlight
Graphic Design: 15 years experience working in Photoshop, 15 years Quark XPress, 2
years experience in Adobe Indesign, 15 years Adobe Illustrator. Work includes
everything from sports, catalogs, magazines, ads, brochures, identity
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Before and After (Before photo on right)
Saturday, September 19, 2009
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All images copyright Refined Images. Reproduction of any kind is prohibited (and illegal)
Expert photo retoucher with over 15 years experience making ordinary images come to life.
Retouching: remove blemishes & wrinkles, remove red eye, remove stray hairs, remove
unwanted objects/people, replace background, whiten teeth, remove logos, remove dust &
scratches, adjust highlights and shadows... with results that do NOT look retouched.
Color Correction/Balance: balance color (either CMYK or RGB), adjust curves & levels,
adjust white balance, channel mixing, tonal mapping... and more.
Special Effects: Cross-processing, sepia, hand-colored, duotone/monotone/tri-tone,
Pantone separations... the sky's the limit!
Tools & Specifications: All files manipulated in Mac Photoshop CS3 (layered with
lossless original), comfortable working with RAW, jpeg and tiffs.
Photography: Custom product shoots, portraiture, stock imagery. Equipment: Canon 20D Tamron 70-300 f/4-5.6, Canon 50 mm f/1.4, Alien Bees strobes, softbox, backdrop
stands/backdrops, Canon Speedlight
Graphic Design: 15 years experience working in Photoshop, 15 years Quark XPress, 2
years experience in Adobe Indesign, 15 years Adobe Illustrator. Work includes
everything from sports, catalogs, magazines, ads, brochures, identity