HebburnMackem
Striker
I suppose it partly comes down to your style and outlook, but how much editing and retouching do you think is adequate for wedding photography and how much is OTT?
Personally, I see wedding photography to be very different to a model shoot in this regard. It's much more of a factual record and documentation of the day than making the people look beautiful. Sure you'd fix any problems with the image and dot your i's and cross your t's, but very little after that.
For example, for me, while the retouching in this image is superb, it's totally inappropriate for a wedding shoot.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/147748824@N02/30112877325/in/photostream/
Also, I did a wedding shoot where the bride had a birthmark on her arm. I deliberately didn't airbrush it out. Another photographer said I should have removed it. I said that it would be insulting to the client to change them in that way and possibly even insulting to ask.
This almost gets philosophical.
Thoughts?
Personally, I see wedding photography to be very different to a model shoot in this regard. It's much more of a factual record and documentation of the day than making the people look beautiful. Sure you'd fix any problems with the image and dot your i's and cross your t's, but very little after that.
For example, for me, while the retouching in this image is superb, it's totally inappropriate for a wedding shoot.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/147748824@N02/30112877325/in/photostream/
Also, I did a wedding shoot where the bride had a birthmark on her arm. I deliberately didn't airbrush it out. Another photographer said I should have removed it. I said that it would be insulting to the client to change them in that way and possibly even insulting to ask.
This almost gets philosophical.
Thoughts?