Retouch mastery comes from practice, precision, and restraint. It’s easy to overdo skin smoothing or color grading — the goal is enhancement, not transformation. Develop a process: clean up, correct, enhance, and finalize. Each image is unique, so adapt your retouching style accordingly. Mastery lies in making edits invisible but impactful.

Photographer: @tawnyhorton
Model: @cheri_xo_official