For Photographers

Retouching Services

I offer a wide variety of retouching services, especially for equine photographers. Below are some of my most common types of retouching and examples of my work as well. Pricing is listed below but is subject to change based on your specific project and some of my fine art edits include minor edits within that price. My prices factor in my time, experience, and lack of use of AI. I pride myself in my attention to detail and ability to retouch your images using my skills to blend seamlessly into your existing portfolio and brand.

Please reach out and specify what type of retouching you are interested in, your business name (and social media if applicable), a time frame you are hoping to receive the finished result by, and any other relevant details.

A few FAQs:

Turnaround Time

For simple edits, my turnaround regular turnaround time is between one day and one week depending on my current load (inquire about availability).

For fine art, complex edits, and bulk orders, my turnaround time varies. I'd expect about one week, but up to two weeks depending on the volume.

rush fees

Rush fees may apply for fine art edits and/or complex edits sooner than one week, but are also on a case by case basis depending on my workload and the type of edit. As a rule of thumb, here are when you would expect to pay a rush fee based on the total amount due:

For fine art or complex edits, there is a 10% rush fee for fine art/complex edits needed in 48 hours and 20% rush fee for needed in 24 hours.

For multiple simple edits needed in 24 hours, a 10% rush fee will apply.

Payment

For new clients, I require 50% paid up front before any editing takes place and the remaining due before returning. For smaller edits, generally clients pay all at once or for a trial image if they'd like. For return clients, you can pay up until right before I return images. I accept Zelle, Venmo, or can invoice (credit/debit).

NO bulk discounts for deadlines under 1 week unless agreed upon prior. I take on limited bulk retouching projects during my busier times in order to give my own clients priority while bringing retouching clients my undivided attention and commitment to detail.

What files do I prefer to work with and what do you get back?

I prefer to work with Raw files with your edits (color corrections, basic cropping, etc.) or large JPEGs. I am willing to retouch smaller files, but you must understand that there is less I can do with them.

I return large JPEGs, and the Photoshop file if requested.

**For painted backgrounds, I do not provide the background layer if I am returning Photoshop files due to creating custom backgrounds I do not wish to be re-used.

Online Mentoring

I offer 1-on-1 online mentorships for photographers looking to brush up on editing techniques and learn from my process. I have been a professional photographer for years and while I am always learning and adapting my process as technologies develop or my style changes, I am happy to teach others how to do what I do. Through 1-on-1 mentoring via Zoom or Google Meet, I can help teach my techniques through explaining camera settings, offering posing advice, showing editing techniques, reviewing your work or techniques if desired, and even copyediting websites. I majored in English Literature and am always happy to use that skillset as well!

Mentorships can be whatever you wish them to be! While I would prefer to stay away from specific business, legal, or numbers related advice as there are others in the industry much more expert with those concepts, I am confident in my editing techniques and am confident in my photography skills.

Mentoring starts at $100/hour for general photography questions, posing advice, natural light photography, copy-editing/proofreading, simple retouching, and black background editing. Painted Background 1-on-1 guidance is $150/hour and will include a short presentation explaining how to photograph with the intent for painted backgrounds, how to select quality images, creating and finding ideal backgrounds, and a brief demonstration. I recommend you be familiar with Adobe Photoshop already and preferably an understanding of black background editing before learning to do painted backgrounds.