Retouching
 
 

     After retouching thousands of images here at HS Photo we have become very good at what we do. The clients that have used our retouching services come back again and again once they see the astounding results that can be achieved combined with an excellent price. We have highly talented artists that take each job personally to provide you with extremely precise adjustments and file manipulation. There is no task to big or small for us to handle. Stop wasting your precious time with retouching all your own files and allow HS Photo become a part of taking your images to the next level.

Click on the images below for a larger example of our work.

Blemish Removal
Remove Wrinkles
   
Remove Braces / Stray Hair
   
Restoration
   
Raw File Conversion
   
Object Removal
   

     The chart below lists the most popular retouching services that are requested by our clients, and a brief description of what they entail. We have a set rate for those adjustments. If you don’t see something here that you would like to have done, please call or email customer care today. In most cases, if you send us an image and a retouch request for something specifically not on this list, we can get you a quote back within a few hours.

 
Retouching People
Service Description Cost
Basic Facial Retouch Facial and neck retouching includes eye bags, softening lines, $10.00
(First face) removal of blemishes and skin blending. The following can be done  
  upon request: Mole/scar removal, add catch lights, reduce shine,  
  eye enhancement  
Additional Faces Same artwork listed above. $5.00
(Same Image)    
Glass Glare Simple Removing a slight glare or light reflection in the glasses, but does $10.00
  not cover the iris.  
Glass Glare Moderate Partial eye repair from glare or reflection that covers up to 50% of $22.50
  the iris. Note: Some artist interpretation necessary.  
Glass Glare Complex Total eye repair from glare or reflection covering a majority of the iris $45.00
  Note: Complete artist interpretation necessary.  
Stray Hair Simple Removal of a few stray hairs against a solid background.  $10.00
Stray Hair Complex Removal of many hairs and groups of hairs against detailed background. $22.50
  Hair covering face and neck fit into this category.  
Whiten Teeth Brighten teeth overall and/or removing stains from teeth. $10.00
Replace Tooth Recreate a tooth that is chipped, out of place, or missing all together. $22.50
Double Chin Removal of Double Chin $35.00
Braces Removal Removal of braces from either upper or the lower row of teeth. $35.00
  (Moderate)    
Braces Removal Removal of braces from both upper and lower teeth. $60.00
  (Complex)    
Major Skin Repair Removing blemishes covering the majority of the face. Tan lines, bra $22.50
  straps, heavy beard, and elderly hands fall into this category.  
Open Eyes Opening an individual's eyes that are totally closed is not recommended $60.00
  Better results can be achieved through copying eyes from another image  
  of the same person. Be sure the person is looking in approximately the   
  same direction.  
Wrinkles on Clothing One or two wrinkles that are distracting to the appearance of the clothing. $22.50
(Simple)    
Wrinkles on Clothing Removal and toning down of wrinkles covering the majority of clothing. $35.00
(Complex)    
Image Enhancements
Background Flaw Removing imperfections on a background such as dirt on a high key or $10.00
  removal of electrical outlet. Small area with little or no surrounding detail.  
Image Sharpening  Using a single sharpening filter to apply sharpening to an entire image. $10.00
  (Overall)    
Image Sharpening  Using above method. Then enhancing individual elements including facial $45.00
  (Complex) features, eyes, neck lines, and others to make the image appear sharper.  
  Note: It is not possible to make an out of focus image perfectly sharp.  
Burning / Dodging Burning (darkening) and Dodging (lightening) specific areas of an image. $22.50
  This does not add detail or saturation to the image. Burning into a  
  colorless sky or white area will go grey. Give detailed instructions.  
Vignettes Darkening or lightening the edges of an image to help draw the eyes to $10.00
  the true subject of the image. Please indicate white or black vignette.  
Hot Spots  Removal of a hot spot with sharp edges and no detail. Does not cover  $10.00
  (Simple) rebuilding facial details.  
Hot Spots  Removal of up to 10 hot spots and/or adding detail to those areas.  $22.50
  (Complex) Example: people standing under tree with scattered light on clothing.  
Lighten Shadow  Removal of small shadow areas with detail in background. Shadows on $22.50
  (Simple) wall behind subject where flash fired.  
Lighten Shadow Removal of up to 10 shadow areas with detailed background $40.00
  (Moderate)    
Lighten Shadow  Extensive removal of shadow areas on faces and background areas.  $90 / Hour
  (Complex)    
Light Flare  Small areas where flash, sun, or other light has reflected into the lens. $15.00
  (Simple) Usually found in sky or on edges of a studio background.   
Light Flare  Enhancing an image where the flare has caused very little contrast and  $22.50
  (Moderate) loss of detail. Background areas, buildings, and plants covered here.  
Light Flare  Recreating detail in faces, clothing, and other detailed areas that are  $60.00
  (Complex) blown out from flash, sun, or other light source. Extreme flare to face, hair,  
  and clothing can not be recreated unless an image without flare is provided.
Hand Tinting Selectively adding color to a black and white image.
Small Areas Eyes, lips, or flowers. Please indicate color to be used. $30.00
Medium Areas One or two people, head shots with great detail or background details. $60.00
Full Image More than two people, or complete image coverage. $120.00
Image Merge
Head Swap Taking the head from one image, and swapping it with the head from  $30.00
  another image. Usually done with group shots.  
Double Exposure Blending two images into one. Example: Bride and Groom over Ceremony.  $60.00
Studio Background Moving a person or people onto a new background. HS Photo provides a
large selection of basic backgrounds to choose from, or supply your own.
One Person Inserting one person onto a background without detail reconstruction. Edge $60.00
  of individual is clear and unobstructed.  
Two People Combining two people into one background without detail reconstruction. $90.00
  Edges of individuals are clear and unobstructed.  
Body/Detail Rebuilding a veil or part of the body that was covered in the original image. $30.00
Reconstruction    
Composition Moving 2 or more images into one seamless image. Could also include
adding an individual not at original sitting to a group image.
Two Subjects Combining two subjects into one image. $60.00
Three Subjects Combining three subjects into one image. $90.00
Four Subjects Combining four subjects into one image. $120.00
Restoration
Minor Damage Repairing straight line scratches, clean cuts, or slightly torn edges covering $35.00
  the background only. Detail recontruction is not included in price.  
Moderate Damage Repairing prints or negatives with several scratches, includes small detail $60.00
  reconstruction. Facial damage not including eyes, mouth or nose is   
  considered moderate.  
Heavy Damage Damage to negative or print that includes peeled emulsion, chemical stains $85.00
  and large area replacement in background and clothing. Sending other  
  negatives or prints to use for relplacing these areas will give best results.  
Extensive Damage Clean tears or cuts into negative or print that are across several faces in $90 / Hour
  a team picture or large group shot.  
Quoted Artwork Complex requests not listed will be given a quote based on $90 / Hour