Family Photo Retouching for Photographers
After a family or lifestyle shoot, you may end up with hundreds of photographs to edit. Some photographs require skin cleanup, while others need colour correction. Some have stray hair in the way, and some have a few unwanted items in the background. When another shoot is about to take place, editing can quickly pile up.
DESCREATE helps you with the workload by offering family photo retouching and lifestyle photo retouching in accordance with your style. You provide the photographs, and we provide the editing, so you can have more time for your clients and your next shoot.
Before & After
Keep the Moment. Clean Up the Distractions.
Family photographs are meant to capture people as they are, but sometimes, stray hair and other distractions can make a family or individual seem less like themselves. While these types of marks may seem minor, they can be apparent when the image is viewed up close.
We clean up these types of distractions while keeping the people and the expressions looking natural.
What We Retouch
The Details That Help the Moment Stand Out
Not every family photograph needs the same edits, so let us know what details you want corrected. Some photographs may need a little skin cleanup, while others may need colour correction to make the people stand out. We can make the corrections to minor skin blemishes, flyaway hair, clothing, and other minor distractions.
Skin Refinement
We clean up temporary blemishes while keeping natural skin texture.
Flyaway Hair
We tidy up stray hairs that can distract from the face.
Clothing Details
We correct minor creases, marks, and other visual distractions.
Minor Distractions
We remove small unwanted elements that detract from the people.
Background Cleanup
We clean up distracting background elements without changing the setting unnecessarily.
Colour & Tone
We correct the colour, brightness, and other tonal values in accordance with your preferences.
What We Don't Do
Real Moments Don't Need Perfect Faces
When you photograph a family, you want the images to reflect the people that you captured, not a version of them with perfect skin. We make the necessary corrections to the photographs without making the people look less like themselves.
- Over-Smoothing Skin: We don’t smooth skin to the point where the natural texture is lost.
- Changing Expressions: We don’t change expressions in the original photograph.
- Unnecessary Reshaping: We don’t reshape natural features to create an artificial look.
- Removing Every Imperfection: We don’t remove minor marks just because they are there.
- Over-Editing the Environment: We don’t unnecessarily alter the original setting.
- One-Look-Fits-All Editing: We don’t follow a uniform editing look for every photograph.
Have a particular editing look in mind? Give us a few references or examples of your previous work so we can understand how you want your family and lifestyle photographs to look.
Who It's For
Family & Lifestyle Retouching for Photographers
Every family or lifestyle shoot leaves you with photographs to edit. When you have multiple projects, it can be difficult to find the time to complete every gallery. DESCREATE helps you with the editing workload so you can focus on photography and your clients.
Family Photographers
For photographers to edit family portraits and sessions with multiple people.
Lifestyle Photographers
For photographers to edit candid moments, natural interactions, and other lifestyle photographs.
Newborn & Family Photographers
For photographers to edit newborns, parents, siblings, and families.
Maternity & Family Photographers
For photographers to edit maternity sessions with partners and other family members.
Why Family Photo Retouching Matters
A Family Gallery Should Feel Consistent From Start to Finish
A family session can include different locations, lighting, and combinations of people. When the client looks at the finished gallery, variations in colour, brightness, or other factors can be apparent.
Professional retouching keeps that level of finish consistent, without losing the subject’s natural appearance along the way.
Turnaround, Formats & Volume
From a Single Family Portrait to a Full Session
Do you have a few family portraits to edit, or do you just have a complete lifestyle session? Tell us how many images you have, what type of retouching you need, and when you need them.
Related Services
More Photo Retouching Services
If you photograph different types of subjects, you may have other images waiting to be edited. DESCREATE offers photo retouching services for different types of photography.
Give Your Family Galleries the Attention They Need
Once a family or lifestyle shoot is over, you have the editing to look forward to. While hundreds of images can take some time to go through, you also have other shoots and clients to consider.
Send DESCREATE one family or lifestyle photograph with your editing instructions, and we will retouch it according to your preferences so you can review the result before determining whether to send us the rest of the session.