{"id":261,"date":"2008-12-07T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T17:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2009-08-14T11:50:29","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T15:50:29","slug":"the-beauty-of-retouching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/the-beauty-of-retouching\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of Retouching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: PROOFS and FINAL PRINTS.<\/p>\n<p>Most files undergo a little bit of tweaking before you see them. Sometimes they come out of the camera a little dark,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-without-correction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" title=\"7906-cake-without-correction\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-without-correction.jpg\" alt=\"cake without correction\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-without-correction.jpg 288w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-without-correction-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and with a small adjustment, I turn it into this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-orig.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-with-correction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269\" title=\"7906-cake-with-correction\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-with-correction.jpg\" alt=\"cake with correction\" width=\"288\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-with-correction.jpg 288w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-with-correction-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/7906-cake-with-correction.jpg\"><\/a>Also, I usually convert some color images into black &amp; white.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"img_7074-orig\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-orig.jpg\" alt=\"Pam and Ilan in color\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-orig.jpg 432w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-orig-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-bw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-263\" title=\"img_7074-bw\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-bw.jpg\" alt=\"Pam and Ilan black &amp; white\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-bw.jpg 432w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_7074-bw-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another step I take in order to achieve a beautiful album is to restore the skin and eyes to their natural beauty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-from-camera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264\" title=\"4745-eye-color-from-camera\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-from-camera.jpg\" alt=\"close up of eyes before\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-from-camera.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-from-camera-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-after.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" title=\"4745-eye-color-after\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-after.jpg\" alt=\"close up of eyes after\" width=\"360\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-after.jpg 360w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/4745-eye-color-after-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, I offer object removal. <em>Why do I do this<\/em><em>?<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0For most of the day I will be a fly on the wall, covering events as they naturally unfold, without any intrusion or direction. Object removal helps us to focus our eyes on what is truly important in the photograph.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-orig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266\" title=\"2593-orig\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-orig.jpg\" alt=\"with matron before\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-orig.jpg 432w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-orig-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-no-matron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" title=\"2593-no-matron\" src=\"http:\/\/ellenwolff.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-no-matron.jpg\" alt=\"without matron after\" width=\"432\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-no-matron.jpg 432w, https:\/\/ellenwolff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/2593-no-matron-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: PROOFS and FINAL PRINTS. 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