Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Before and After (Before photo on right)


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

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