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Wedding & portrait photo retouching.

Skin that still looks like skin. We retouch blemishes, stray hairs, and distractions, clean up backgrounds, and finish hero images for print — to the level of polish you choose.

The service

What photo retouching with Alpha Edits looks like

Good retouching is invisible. Couples should look like themselves on their best day, not like a filtered version of someone else. That means keeping skin texture, respecting features, and knowing when to stop.

We retouch to your brief — from a light clean-up across the gallery to detailed, print-ready work on hero images and album spreads. Frequency separation and dodge-and-burn are used where they help, never as a shortcut to plastic skin.

What's included

Blemish, stray-hair, and temporary-mark removal.
Natural skin smoothing with texture preserved.
Object and distraction removal — exit signs, cables, guests' phones.
Dress, suit, and background clean-up.
Print-ready finishing for hero images and albums.

24–72h

typical turnaround

2×

quality-check passes

Deliverables

What you can order

01

Basic retouch

Light clean-up across the whole gallery.

02

Hero retouch

Detailed work on the images you'll print or publish.

03

Distraction removal

Unwanted objects and people removed from key frames.

04

Portrait & headshot retouch

Engagement, bridal portrait, and family session retouching.

Why Alpha Edits

Retouching with restraint

Over-retouched wedding photos age badly. We keep texture and character in every face, and match the level of retouching to the look you sell — natural documentary or polished editorial.

Retouched images go through the same two-pass quality check as every gallery: a second editor reviews them at full size before they're returned.

How it works

Four steps. One editor. Two sets of eyes.

01

Brief & reference

Share your files, a reference look, and your delivery spec. We lock the style before we start.

02

Edit

Your dedicated editor works the whole job for consistency — not a rotating cast.

03

Two-pass quality check

A second editor reviews color, retouch, pacing, and audio against your reference.

04

Deliver on deadline

Files arrive in your naming and format spec, on the date we promised. Revisions included.

Questions, answered

Wedding & Portrait Photo Retouching — FAQ

Will retouching make skin look fake?

Not when we do it. We preserve skin texture and only remove temporary marks unless you tell us otherwise. You set the level; we stay consistent with it.

Can you remove people or objects from photos?

Yes. We remove distractions like exit signs, cables, bins, and stray guests from key images while keeping the scene believable.

Do you retouch every image in the gallery?

Usually a light clean-up across the gallery, with detailed retouching on selected hero images. We'll match whatever you normally offer.

Do you retouch portraits outside weddings?

Yes — engagement sessions, bridal portraits, family sessions, and headshots, in the same style as your wedding work.

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