A tulle maternity portrait that needs more than one fix
This portrait was shot from above, with the mother lying on blue tulle. The cloth under the tulle does not reach the edges of the frame, so a tin can and loose sheets of paper show in the corners and along the left side, and the fabric is creased. The light is flat, the blue looks washed out, and the long hair lies thinner than the rest of the picture suggests.
Where it helps
- Overhead and flat-lay maternity portraits on tulle, silk or other fabric
- Small studios and homes where the set shows past the fabric
- Galleries and prints that should share one clean, polished finish
What the edit covers
- Backdrop: the tulle and the cloth beneath it are continued out to every edge of the frame, so the can, the paper and the creased cloth are gone while the ruffles still look like soft fabric.
- Light and color: the blue is deepened, contrast is added, and the light on her face and belly is cleaned up.
- Skin, eyes and hair: skin is smoothed with real texture kept, the eyes are brightened, and the hair is given fuller, more defined waves.
A human editor does the work. Her face, expression, pose, hands and belly are kept. The fabric beyond the original cloth was never photographed, so it is filled in by estimate, and added hair volume is a styled look rather than something the camera captured.
What to upload
Send the full original, not a crop, so there is real fabric to match at the edges. Tell us the look you want, such as soft and airy or deep and moody, how full the hair should be, and how smooth the skin should look. For a couple in a studio with a paper backdrop, see studio maternity photo retouching. For hair on its own, see hair retouching.
Photos
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1 credit ($8)
1 photo to edit
Instructions
The cloth doesn't cover the frame, so clutter shows. Can you fill it in, deepen the blue and add hair volume?
Private: recreated on our own images, not customer photos
The before/after shown here is recreated on images created or licensed for this site — never a real customer's photo. Your upload is seen only by the editor working on it, and the edit comes with free revisions within 14 days of delivery if anything needs adjusting.
