To Retouch or Not

If you are a model or actor, a retouched photo is essential.

Let's face it- this is a first impression business, and more often than not your photo goes in the door before you. Your headshot or comp card often means the difference between booking the job and not even getting called for the casting. It's absolutely necessary that your photo looks like the best version of you.

Imagine this scenario: You have just paid for a portfolio shoot. You have invested a lot of time and money for this. The day before your shoot, you breakout- badly.

Even though you may have hired a makeup artist, you can still see the pimples in the pictures.

	Mouseover to see original. This is an example of an acceptable level of retouching for a modeling portfolio or acting headshot

Now, you are in a bit of a jam. You have just put a lot of time, energy and money into your pictures, but you are worried that when you present your photos to agencies and clients, all they will see is the bad skin- not you.

This is where retouching comes in. Any top notch modeling portfolio picture or acting headshot should be retouched to remove distractions like blemishes and flyaway hairs. You want to look like the best version of you, and clearly that version of you does not have pimples or stray hairs.

The best version of you means that even with retouching you still want to look like YOU! You want your retouching to be carefully done but not overdone. This means if you are curvy, fuller-figured woman you don't want to look like a skinny waif after the retouching is done.

Bottom line: any photo needs retouching to clean up distractions like bad skin or flyaway hair so you can show clients how you look on your best day. Avoid retouching that turns the photo of you into a photo of someone that does not exist.

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