Professional Retouching

Here is a link to the e-book download page by Gry Garness. http://www.grygarness.com/downloads.htm (www.tinyurl.com/8w92d8)

Gry Garness is a professional Retoucher who I have been e-mailing. She has very kindly been answering my questions about retouching, which i will post soon. She also gave me a link to download her e-books to enable me a look at how professional retouching is acomplished.

She has taught me alot about the industry which is not conveyed through the tabloid artcles and websites at the ready to slate retouching. I was put in contact with Gry through a family member and her insight has been invaluable to my CRS project.

I cannot post any of the material from the e-books as it is copyrighted sorry, however i found this on http://www.photoshopsupport.com/ to see the rest buy it!

E-book DIGITAL RETOUCHING FOR FASHION, BEAUTY AND PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY in Photoshop CS3, Gry Garness 2008 , Eureka image pulications

www.tinyurl.com/82j362

Gry Garness says: These days, many magazine covers are starting to look more like paintings or photographic illustrations, rather than photographic images. Of course there’s a place for photo-illustration and airbrushed painterly images – but much of the heavy-handed retouching in evidence around us is unintentional and simply caused by lack of skill. Over-retouching is the biggest mistake I see when I teach beauty retouching courses.Many people underestimate the amount of skill that goes into retouching – not to mention the patience that goes into it. Many people come to me wanting to learn the ‘one killer trick’ but I have to say I’m sorry – there just isn’t one single killer trick that fixes everything! I believe in gaining a wide repertoire of skills and solutions. It’s the many small and subtle steps that come together to culminate in a successful retouching result. My book is not about producing one particular retouching aesthetic. It’s about finding solutions that suit each particular subject, without leaving obvious evidence of retouching.

Visit her homepage at www.grygarness.com/

This is a picture of Gry, I have never met her only e-mailed so nice to be able to see hwat she looks like! From her amount of published work, opinions and personality I thik she must be a very successful retoucher, adding great credibility to my project!