Skin, naturally
Smoothing shine, softening blemishes, under-eye shadows and redness, while keeping real skin texture. Everyone still looks like themselves.
Family, events and occasions
Deià, Mallorca
Personal Photo Retouching
The photos that matter most deserve more than a filter. I take your favourite images from a wedding, christening, big birthday or family gathering and make them even better, with the same careful, natural retouching I do for fashion and lifestyle brands.
Drag to compare, before and after
Why retouch
Edited is not the same as retouched
If a professional photographer covered your event, you will have received a gallery of edited images: colour-graded, exposure balanced and given a consistent look across the whole set. That is the right way to handle a full day's coverage, but it is not retouching. And if the photos came from a friend's camera or a phone, they have probably had no attention at all.
Retouching is slow, image-by-image work. It is what happens to a magazine cover before it goes to print. A stray hair across a face, shine in the midday sun, tired eyes after a long day, a guest's elbow at the edge of the frame, a crease in a shirt. A filter fixes none of these. Careful hands do.
If you have spent two or three thousand euros on a photographer for a wedding or a big family occasion, it is worth taking that one step further. Retouching your ten favourite images costs €600, a fraction of what you spent on the day, and those are the photos that will be printed, framed, given as gifts and looked at for the rest of your life.
For every occasion
- Weddings and engagements
- Christenings and naming days
- Milestone birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Family portraits
- Reunions and gatherings
What's included
Hair and clothing
Taming flyaways, removing creases, lint and marks.
Distractions removed
Exit signs, passers-by, bins, cables, cars and anything else that pulls the eye away from the people who matter.
Light and colour
Balancing harsh sun and deep shadow, and making skin tones look warm and true.
Three generations, before and after
Natural, never overdone
I have spent ten years retouching for fashion, beauty and lifestyle clients, including Matthew Williamson. In that world, the best retouching is the kind nobody notices. I bring the same approach to your family photos: no plastic skin, no reshaped faces, no heavy filters. Just the most polished version of a real moment.
More before and after
See the full gallery
Golden hour portrait
Garden portrait
Summer portrait
How it works
Choose your favourites
Pick the photos that matter most, usually the ones for prints, albums, frames or gifts.
Send them over
Upload the largest files you have through my secure transfer page and tell me anything you would like changed.
Secure transfer pageI retouch them
Batches of up to 10 images are usually ready within a week.
One round of tweaks
If anything is not quite right, I adjust it at no extra cost.
Pricing
€60
Per image, IVA included
That covers natural skin, hair and clothing work, light and colour, and removing everyday distractions. Not sure what your photos need? Send them over and I will tell you before I start.
Get a quoteQuestions
- Which photos work best?
- Anything with good resolution: files from a professional photographer, a good camera or a recent phone. If you are unsure, send them over and I will tell you honestly what is possible.
- What if a professional photographer took them?
- Most photography contracts allow clients to make personal edits to their images. Some ask that edited versions are not credited to the photographer or posted with their name. It is worth a quick look at your contract, and if in doubt, just ask. Most photographers are happy for clients to have favourite images retouched.
- How many photos should I choose?
- Most people choose between 5 and 15: the best portraits, a family group or two, and anything going on the wall or in an album.
- Will it look edited?
- No. My aim is for nobody to notice. Everyone should look like themselves on a very good day.
- How long does it take?
- Usually one week for 10 images or fewer. Let me know if you have a deadline, such as a print order or a gift.
- Where are you based?
- Deià, Mallorca. I work with people everywhere, entirely online.