Come on Barbie, Lets go party

Beauty retouching can be perilous ground to tread, too much and your subject loses their human quality and takes up residence in the Barbie estate, too little and the image loses the “pop” which makes it stand out from the rest. Personally I am a champion of non destructive retouching, small blemishes should be removed, anything which causes distraction, but not at the expense of texture. Pores, faint hairs, scars…the traits which make us unique should remain intact.
 
Too often you will find magazines attack their models with the airbrush as an ogre with a club, completely destroying the details. Is this look desirable? Do we as consumers covet being absolutely picture perfect? I for one would rather a scar, after all, chicks dig them right?
 
Below is another image of the lovely Minda, who was kind enough to stand amidst my flashing lights for a few hours while I tested out some new gear. Very little retouching had to be done, just a few minor adjustments which make the image pop.
 

Tagged as: modelling, retouching