Originally Posted by destinie

Thanks everyone.

Ristac ... 10 seconds I wish! LOL ... Each photo was airbrushed with attention to detail and done in such a way that skin texture is visible (a retoucher's biggest challenge, as you don't want plastic or too soft results), the eyes, teeth and lips were brightened (by enlarging the photo 200% and hand detailing) ... and you will notice in the before and afters that many discolorations in the originals were corrected (inside thigh on one) ... Each photo was worked on no less than 30 minutes ... With at least a 10 to 15 step process. Good observation though, as actually the trick to good retouching is having your work go fairly UN-noticed. There are varying levels of retouching though, depending on what the client wants ... and I do have more dramatic type retouching samples on my site.

Thanks DTC for posting this! You seriously rock!