In 2000 I dove head first into what I have come to call Fine Art Finishing to my photos. What is Fine Art Finishing? Well, we have our own definition of what defines Fine Art finishing. It is most definitely defined by producing an image with the creative vision of the photographer as an artist. For us it goes beyond just retouching. While beauty retouching (which we sometimes call ultimate retouching) is often the most manipulated technique on a photo digitally, fine art is another technique altogether. Our Fine Art Finishing today is not complete without the use of Photoshop CS4. We actually utilize most of the Adobe suite. Illustrator also plays a role for text and most vector creation, while In Design is utilized in our studio for most of our layout purposes.
Within Photoshop FAF begins with an image and can have a variety of manipulations done to it. Retouching, BW conversions, painting, textures, graphics, grain, vignetting, objects or other types of colorizing or isolation of color are some of the buzz words associated with our FAF. Our Fine Art Finishing is almost always done “in machine” – but you never know where or when it will take us outside of the computer! Stay tuned next week for the digital version of our NEW Fine Art book, online soon!
Photo Credit: Digital Images -Flowers by Amy A and Model Sofia In Lace, 2005 by Amy A
