Finding Balance in Portrait Post Processing
Has anyone here experimented with different approaches to skin retouching for corporate headshots? I am curious how you handle the fine line between making a CEO look polished and ensuring they still look like a real person.
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I have spent quite a bit of time lately looking into various workflows for professional portraits. It is a common struggle to find a balance where the skin texture remains intact while removing minor distractions or clothing wrinkles. I noticed some interesting examples of this subtle approach on https://beautyretouching.net/photo-retouching-services when researching how others handle high end beauty and business shots. Their focus on manual work over filters seems to result in a more authentic feel for editorial and commercial use. In my own experience I have found that preserving the natural character of the subject usually yields better results for LinkedIn or corporate profiles than any aggressive AI smoothing. It is mostly about lighting adjustments and very precise detail cleanup rather than changing the actual face.