Portrait Retouch ( Before and After) - Danny Lizano

My concept is a narrative scene which depicts a couples dramatic journey. The style reflects the exaggeration of a soap opera and presented in a movie poster setup. The retouching approach I took for this project was more of hiding the "behind the scenes" that goes on in such an elaborate photo shoot. I tried to create a dynamic composition, and create an intense moment with the absent of color and high contrast with the textured background.

Portrait Retouch

For this project I want to retouch my own portrait. I took this photo outside to get a natural light and then began to retouch. I also want to see if I could change my hair color in a natural looking way.

I really wanted to focus on the differences and similarities between photoshop and plastic surgery in this assignment. I see degrees of retouching as mimicking certain plastic surgery techniques. So I researched common plastic surgery procedures and determined how I could mimic results in photoshop. So before I shoot, I drew lines on my model's face that would dictate the areas that I would enlarge, push, pull etc. I also researched and applied commercial techniques such as airbrushing and selective dodge/burn.