Re-Touching

Got a photograph that has something in the way, in the background that ruins the shot? not sure how to go about removing it?

Robert Whetton is your man!

Robert has been hired by people all over the world to help enhance an image for publication.

The right tools for the job, Robert believes in using the best to help enhance photographs and his tools are an A4 sized Wacom® Tablet and Photoshop®, running on the fastest Core™2 Quad, Colour Corrected Workstation with 8GB of RAM

Pricing starts at just £25.00!

Bike Edit

Amateur Motorcycle Racer Matt from R+B Racing wanted a photograph of his bike going very fast, but from over the shoulder of the rider. Without the use of a race track this was going to be a challenging task, but not impossible.

Aviation Edit

This Photo was touched up for Aviation Photographer Steve Davies for his new Book "F-15 Eagle Engaged", Steve came to Robert needing the shot he'd taken of a pair of F15's in a vertical climb to change from a great capture, to a fantastic shot. The canopy reflection was his main concern. Steve sent Robert the RAW file from his Canon 1D.
From this Robert was able to adjust the white balance of the shot and using 16bit colour mode was able to adjust the shadow, mid-tone and highlight areas of the photo to allow the aircraft to pop to the viewer.
Dust spots were found and removed. Glare from the flares was also removed. The 30x20 inch Photoshop file was 1.5 Gigabytes in size, giving a final 300 Megabyte 16bit TIFF file.

When I asked Bob if he could take this shot and get rid of irritating canopy reflections and generally 'tidy' it up, I was sceptical as to what the results would look like.
But, as you can see for yourself, the results were so impressive that they bowled me over. I would have no hesitation in recommending Bob for digital enhancement, correction and retouching work.
I will certainly be calling on his expert skills again in the future if and when the need arises!

Steve Davies. (Aviation Photographer)

Wedding Photo Edit

When New Zealand Photographer Tim Wild noticed after the event, that he'd accidentily knocked the hood on his Canon 17-55mm IS during the Preperation before the wedding.
Fearing the worst, Tim came to Robert and asked if the photo was fixable, as the 2 shots he had taken looked the same with the lens hood in shot. Tim sent Robert his Canon 40D RAW file From this Robert was able to adjust the white balance of the shot and using 16bit colour mode was able to adjust the levels and curves.
Robert carefully put the lines of the wallpaper back, and re-made the lampshade. Robert also noticed a water bottle which he removed. After this Robert then rebuilt the brides dress. The finished work was supplied as a 16bit Photoshop file to Tim.

Being so caught up in the moment, I didn't notice that I had knocked the hood slightly on my lens causing the ends to become visible in the photos.
The only way I could see of fixing the shot with my photoshop knowledge was to make an artistic crop, but I didn't really want to do this because of the position it had within the Wedding Album.
I wasn't sure if the photo could be recovered at all without showing some signs of editing, but Robert has done such a fantastic job. If I didn't know any better I wouldn't say it had even been fixed, it looks completely natural.
If I ever need anything like this again, I won't be looking anywhere else other than to Robert to do his Photoshop magic.

Tim Wild. (Wedding Photographer)

Wedding Photo Edit

As Edinburgh Based Photographer John Johnston gathered the family and friends for the group shot, he noticed a woman in the corner of what was to be the shot. He asked her politely 4 times if she could move so he could take the photograph, but she refused.. soldiering on he figured to take her out later in Photoshop. John then noticed a large rubbish bin. Again he figured it wasn't a problem and would remove it later in Photoshop.
It wasn't until he got back to the studio and spent some time on it, and his assistant taking some time to try and remove it, that John called on the services of Rober to help him remove the offending objects. John sent Robert his Canon 30D RAW file. From this Robert was able to adjust the white balance of the shot and using 16bit colour mode was able to adjust the levels and curves.
Robert carefully removed the lady in the corner. Then with the help of some other photographs taken of the grandmother and aunt, Robert was able to reconstruct the legs of the ladies behind the Bin. The paved floor was also rebuilt where the bin once sat. The finished work was supplied as a 16bit Photoshop file to John.

I set up a big group shot at the only place we could get it, and of course the place i wanted the group shot to be taken.
The only problem was a massive bin. So i set the shot up knowing fine well i'd have to clone a bin out of the shot as the thing was bolted to the ground, there was no way to move it. After going through the image in Photoshop i tried a few times but failed miserably.
It looked terrible. So i contacted Bob and was totally amazed at the results and i simply cannot thank him enough.
Cheers Bob. Your a lifesaver!

John Johnston. (Perfect Expressions)

Wedding Photo Edit

Canadian Photographer Lloyd Yoon captured this shot, checking the back of his LCD quickly he liked what he saw and moved on to the next shot.
Once back at the studio, Lloyd discovered that what he thought was the perfect shot, was infact flawed. What Lloyd hadn't noticed on his small LCD was the bride had wrinkles on her forehead, this is when Lloyd turned to the help of Robert..
Lloyd supplied Robert with a high res Canon 1DsMKIII 8bit TIFF file. Just 43 minutes later Robert was FTPing Lloyd his shot back with the wrickles gone and a few other minor adjustments.

Thank you so much Bob! Your retouching work is outstanding and absolutely top notch. That edit would have taken me hours to do and it wouldn't have looked nearly as good! Highly recommended to any photographic professional looking for the finest quality work.

Lloyd Yoon. (Night and Day Photography)

Wedding Photo Edit

When American Photographer Eric Koch took this photo, he thought the foreground snow flakes helped define the image. Never in a million years had thought the Mother of the Bride would ask for them to be removed from
the photograph..
Eric took a couple of attempts himself at removing them from the image, but in the end decided it was a job for someone who knew how.
Eric supplied Robert with a high res Canon 5D 8bit JPEG file. Just 25 minutes later Robert was FTPing Eric his shot back, free of snow.

What I considered to be a couple of snow flakes that added to the look picture the bride's mom considered "ugly specs." I had seen the quality of work that Bob does and he didn't fail to impress on this job either. The finished photo was back to me the same day and I was able to get the print order to the brides mom in a timely fashion. Now I have a happy client and know that anyone looking at the print will not think less of my work because of the quality of the correction. Bob's work was well worth the cost and I would not think twice about using him again.

Eric Koch. (Eric Koch Photo)

Meternity Edit

Canadian Photographer Jennifer Jacula shot a series of maternity photographs, but the mother to be wanted her stetch marks removed
Jennifer knew that she didn't have the time or know how to do the job well. So she turned to Robert. Jennifer supplied the six shots that needed re-touching as RAW from her Canon 40D, this way Robert could produce the images to the highest quality. He supplied all 6 shots edited in under 3 hours as High Res 8bit TIFF files.

Bob is my go-to guy whenever I've got a Photoshop issue that's beyond my abilities. He made this maternity client's stretch marks disappear like magic and took these photos to a whole new level for me. Bob is always fast, friendly and fantastic! I recommend him to all of my peers.

Jennifer Jacula. (Photographer)