As an architectural photographer, I know that we cannot always control all the elements in a picture. Outdoor shots may contain street signs, utility poles, cars, and people who detract from the image. Indoor shots have exit signs, chipped paint, etc. There were times when clients needed pictures of spaces that don't quite exist yet in that form and wanted me to "fake" it. And of course there are times when even the best photographers make mistakes. 

I had been retouching my own images for several years before my company and I started offering this service to other photographers. You simply email us the image, tell us what you want done, and we will tell you how you can expect the final image to look and roughly how much it will cost. Our rates are very reasonable and we are very good at what we do. Below are some of our most drastic projects.

 

 

              

#1

Project: Photograph a building in lower Manhattan. 

Problem: Because the streets there are so narrow, there was no place from which to get a clear shot of the building.  

Solution: Move the surrounding buildings around and recreate the part of the subject building that is being blocked. The result is a clear shot of the building which would not otherwise be possible. 

 

 

 

  

 

#2

Project: Shoot a strip mall on a cloudy day, and with construction in the parking lot.

Solution: Use sky from another image and adjust color to make it look sunny. Use Photoshop to fix parking lot.  

 

 

 

  

       

#3

Project: Oops. The room was shot with the window shade closed, but the client wanted it open. Go back and re-shoot? Nope.

Solution: Use Photoshop to eliminate clutter on the windowsill, digitally open shade, and use outside view from a shot taken from an adjacent room.