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 Industry Insider: The Art of Flawless Skin – Part II: Retouching
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Industry Insider: The Art of Flawless Skin – Part II: Retouching

This is Part II of the Industry Insider: The Art of Flawless Skin article, you can find Part I: Photography here. Raw Conversion Like many other aspects in photography, a good foundation is the [...]

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 The Main Steps in My Beauty Retouching Workflow – Part 1.1
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The Main Steps in My Beauty Retouching Workflow – Part 1.1

This is Part 1 in a series of articles dedicated to my personal Beauty Retouching Workflow, developed over many years. Although I continue to modify and improve it, its direction and structure [...]

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 Stop Doing These 5 Things If You Want Better Retouching Results
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Stop Doing These 5 Things If You Want Better Retouching Results

We all start from scratch, whether it’s a hobby, craft, or profession. The key to improvement is constant learning, deliberate practice, and refining our workflows and habits to continue becoming [...]

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 My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins – Part III
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My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins – Part III

In the first part of this series, I wrote about the things that I am convinced are very important to for all creative professionals in the visual arts. In the second part I talked about my [...]

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 My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins – Part II
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My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins – Part II

In the first part of this article I wrote about the things that I am convinced are very important to keep in mind before you even consider to invest your time into retouching an image. Today I [...]

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 Better Beauty Retouching Checklist – PDF Download
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Better Beauty Retouching Checklist – PDF Download

I love retouching. I love Beauty photography in general, and retouching is just as an important part of the image creation for me as the preparation for the shoot and the flawless capture itself. [...]

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 My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins
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My Beauty Retouching Workflow: Before Retouching Even Begins

This is Part 1 in a series of articles dedicated to lessons I learned through my personal Beauty Photography and Retouching Journey so far, after a decade in the industry. My goal with this [...]

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 10-Week Push Challenge: Beauty, Portrait & Fashion Photography.
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10-Week Push Challenge: Beauty, Portrait & Fashion Photography.

WHY The last couple of years were great and very busy for me. I founded Retouching Academy, Retouched Magazine, wrote for Fstoppers, taught at CreativeLive, and met so many great people around [...]

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 My Retouching Video On The Allure Magazine Blog
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My Retouching Video On The Allure Magazine Blog

I’ve recently put together a quick time-lapse video of 3 hours of retouching a beauty image from our shoot with a Celebrity Makeup Artist Elizabeth Ulloa and my main Go Pro: Studio Beauty [...]

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Hi, I’m Julia Kuzmenko McKim, a commercial beauty photographer and retoucher, and the founder of Retouching Academy. For over a decade, I’ve shot and retouched campaigns and e-commerce imagery for brands like Urban Decay, Hourglass Cosmetics, Pat McGrath Labs, Lululemon, and many others.

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