How much blemish removal is too much?
happysmileylady
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Working on shots from a wedding at the beginning of August (my self imposed deadline is coming up soon.)
Formal shots of bride and MOH, bridal party, bride herself, etc were all done at a really pretty gazeebo on sight at the venue. The venue is high volume, hosting as many as 6 or more event receptions on a Saturday. The purpose of the gazeebo is for pics. Therefore, it has many wear and tear marks. Not huge awful looking cracks or anything like that, it is well maintained.
But the stairs to get to it are plastic/vinyl. And receive multiple scuff marks from shoes. Given the high volume of recpetions compared to the actual number of scuff marks there when we were shooting, I know they take care of them regularly, but obviously, they can't get them all.
Which means that there are plenty of small black scuffs and blemishes and so on all over the white steps in the pics. They aren't OBVIOUS, the ones that are totally obvious I am removing. But of course the closer I zoom, the more I see and overall, they do make the steps look a smidge dirty.
My question is...just how much blemish removal is appropriate. Taking the time to remove EVERY SINGLE ONE on each shot done there would take FOREVER...and probably make the steps look fake and photoshopping obvious. Doing nothing about the less obvious ones would probably not contribute to a decision to purchase, but they bug me personally and in print, will probably bug the bride, though not enough to make her unhappy with the pic overall, if that makes sense.
How much blemish removal is too much?
Formal shots of bride and MOH, bridal party, bride herself, etc were all done at a really pretty gazeebo on sight at the venue. The venue is high volume, hosting as many as 6 or more event receptions on a Saturday. The purpose of the gazeebo is for pics. Therefore, it has many wear and tear marks. Not huge awful looking cracks or anything like that, it is well maintained.
But the stairs to get to it are plastic/vinyl. And receive multiple scuff marks from shoes. Given the high volume of recpetions compared to the actual number of scuff marks there when we were shooting, I know they take care of them regularly, but obviously, they can't get them all.
Which means that there are plenty of small black scuffs and blemishes and so on all over the white steps in the pics. They aren't OBVIOUS, the ones that are totally obvious I am removing. But of course the closer I zoom, the more I see and overall, they do make the steps look a smidge dirty.
My question is...just how much blemish removal is appropriate. Taking the time to remove EVERY SINGLE ONE on each shot done there would take FOREVER...and probably make the steps look fake and photoshopping obvious. Doing nothing about the less obvious ones would probably not contribute to a decision to purchase, but they bug me personally and in print, will probably bug the bride, though not enough to make her unhappy with the pic overall, if that makes sense.
How much blemish removal is too much?
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