Body Retouching

Body retouching in fashion and portrait photography is about refinement, not transformation. A well-retouched image shows the subject looking natural and composed — not digitally altered. The standard we work to is: the result should be credible at full resolution and should not draw attention to itself.

We work with fashion photographers, apparel brands, portrait studios, and fitness clients. Every edit is applied with restraint and discussed with the client upfront — we do not apply default body adjustments without clear instruction.

Skin retouching beyond the face — arms, shoulders, décolletage, legs — follows the same standard as facial retouching: marks and blemishes are removed, tone is evened, and texture is preserved. We do not apply blanket smoothing that removes the natural surface of skin. The result should look clean and healthy, not airbrushed.

Where the brief requires silhouette adjustment — for how a garment fits and reads on the body, or for portrait work where proportions need minor correction — we make targeted, natural adjustments. The goal is always a result that looks uncontrived and holds up under scrutiny.

We do not offer blanket "slimming" as a standard. Silhouette adjustments are scoped per brief and applied precisely to the area in question — not across the whole image.

• Targeted waistline and silhouette adjustment
• Posture and proportion correction
• Garment fit correction on the figure

Body retouching is most commonly requested by fashion and apparel brands shooting on-figure, portrait photographers producing editorial or commercial work, fitness brands, and wedding photographers. The consistent thread is that the subject should look their best — not unrecognizable.

We discuss the desired standard upfront: heavy retouching for high-fashion editorial looks different from light cleanup for a commercial portrait. We match our output to the brief.

Body retouching starts at $1 per image. Complex adjustments — full silhouette rework, multi-element reshaping — are quoted per project. Standard turnaround is 24 hours.

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Also see: Apparel Photo Retouching · Fashion Photo Editing

In fashion and apparel photography, body retouching and garment retouching are closely linked. How a garment reads on the body determines whether the product image converts. We address both simultaneously — skin and silhouette in the context of how the clothing sits, drapes, and reads as a whole image.

This is different from general portrait retouching. We retouch with the garment in mind — correcting body elements that affect how the clothing looks, not as a cosmetic exercise disconnected from the product.