Now for something completely different - a video of my retouching my photography! This video features some more images from my shoot with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/suddenlygreen/">Justine Green</a>. These images were captured in Adelaide, South Australia, using my trusty Nikon D750, 24-70 f/2.8, 70-200 f/2.8 and my 105 f/2 lens. These images are lit with a Godox AD200 strobe. 

Props the stranger who overheard us talking about photography on the hiking path and suggested the field of flowers that was a location I hadn't made my way to in my <a href="https://peakd.com/locationscouting/@holoz0r/photography-location-scouting-south-australia-anstey-hill-recreation-park-in-july-2020">initial scouting journey</a>. 

This video has no sound. 

https://youtu.be/afH1vIhnV2E

This video is recorded in real time, and I retouch two images. This goes through my standard process. My standard retouching process is closely modelled on the techniques that Richard Wood uses. It involves: 

- Camera Raw Adjustments to Exposure
- Healing Brush 
- Frequency Seperation to even out colours
- Dodging and Burning using Curves adjustment layers
- Sharpening Areas of the image selectively 
- Playing around with the tones again
- Adding a vingette and completing any final touches 

(Though, I tend to add vingettes early, instead of at the end). 

The images appearing in the video are below, in their final, retouched versions. Hope you enjoy this insight into how I use Photoshop to retouch my images! 

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/holoz0r/kyIEIKWj-image.png)

Colours may vary between this image and the video footage - thanks JPG compression! :) 

![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/holoz0r/zgcvdyHu-image.png)

Every time I go out and do some photography, I try to improve something. I'm getting to the stage where I am starting to experience some "imposter" syndrome, and fear that the work I'm producing is starting to eclipse my own technical understanding. I might make a further post about this later. 

It's becoming more and more natural to do things by instinct. It's been just over a year since I started shooting again, and I'm not yet feeling like I've plateaued with my skill level.