Interior Designers, Architects, Property developers and suppliers:
Don't let gremlins prevent you from showing off your work!
I offer a swift and reasonably priced retouching service with quick turnaround to take care of all those annoying things which can't always be fixed at the time of shooting.
So often the simplest adjustments can make a world of difference!
So often the simplest adjustments can make a world of difference!
Please take a look below at some of the issues which can plague interiors images in particular, and which can be straightforwardly fixed.
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BEFORE AFTER
That tray and book were too attention grabbing.....
...bringing the focus back to the choice of soft furnishings.
wrinkled fabrics.....
don't let these hold you back from using project images!
Lamp socket and cables and smoke detector top left...
.. removing them brings the viewer back to what's important.
Child locks on kitchen cabinet doors...
...gone!
Annoying sockets detract from the interior designer's input....
Keep the focus on the design, not the utilities!
Shower mould (it happens!) and extractor fan...
Better!
DIshwasher cabinet door outer frame at left has separated from panel....
Invisible joinery!
This display storage unit looks very distorted/ foreshortened...
A much more natural, less "stretched", rendering can be created in computer.
Bright exterior view and reflection in the painting.....
Toning them down returns the viewer's focus to the room.
The child's wall stickers detract from the interior designers' statement....
No problem!
Sockets, plugs and cables: when do they EVER look right?
Simplicity is a virtue!
An artist needed to show clients how different prints would look....
...in the same setting: we can drop in artwork with natural lighting effects.
The side table lamp with its yellow colour cast is distracting....
.. a tungsten-free look is often preferred by magazines....
Extreme foreshortening due to close shooting position.....
... can be rendered much more naturally via in-computer techniques.
removing sockets and marks on carpet....
...brings the viewer's focus back to the choice of decor.
Trailing cable and sockets in a newbuild....
shouldn't have to detract from the home-stager's additions.
Fridge stickers and "artwork" as part of an editorial shoot...
... may not be what a kitchen design company wants to promote!
That smoke alarm top left....
had to go!
That plant right at the edge of the frame....
...removing it brings the viewer's attention back to the office space.
After a basic image process: there's plenty more to take care of.....
With view details cleared up: colour contamination on ceiling and walls addressed, artwork enhanced, family photo removed and bed sheet wrinkles removed
Client supplied interior....
With some careful masking and exposure adjustments, a useable result was created. Image © Tessuto Interiors
TV screens are here to stay let's face it.....
Dropping in a copyright-free image: it's important to retain some of the reflections in the glass so that the dropped in image doesn't look obviously "pasted".
Artwork sometimes needs to be replaced:
It's important to keep the effect natural by applying a gradient-masked exposure adjustment across the image and retaining some of the reflections in the glass.
Client-supplied phone camera image, with age-old problem of bright windows ("contre-jour") fooling the camera meter......
...with some careful adjustments the image can be optimised to read so much more clearly. Image © Hilary White
The "contre-jour" problem again: client-supplied image:
the image can be "re-mapped" tonally and window views enhanced to some extent. Image © Hilary White
The throw had to go....
We can't always choose the view....
Bring the focus back to the product.
In cramped spaces you are always going to get distortion/ foreshortening....
With some careful adjustments we can remap images for a more natural feeling perspective.
Sometimes props that made sense at the time just don't seem to work....
Why lose the chance to make use of an image when a minor adjustment can make all the difference?
Colours too eye-catching?
... we can selectively replace colour to match Pantone reference colours.
The prints in this corridor were a key design decision: while the window reflections in the frames' glass is natural, they obscured the images:
some careful photoshop work ensured that the message of the image was kept clear.
you can't always iron sheets on a time-critical shoot....
we can remedy this with a natural-looking result.
Have a play! The image below needed some adjustments for the wet patio area, removal of the family photo, smoothening out of the bedsheets and the removal of some colour contamination in walls and ceilings. Finally, the wall art was enhanced.
