Aspect ratio:                        Print sizes vary greatly in their aspect ratios.  Please provide H & W dimension and targeted use for each selected image, e.g. 8x10 for headshot lithograph or 5x5 for comp card.  

Blemish removal:               Isn’t this why digital photography is so great?  Common removals consist of wrinkles, pimples, stray hairs, bloodshot eyes, dry lips, teeth color, skin shine, moles, age spots, etc, etc.  Hey we’re all human; just tell us what you want touched up.

Brightness:                          Please let us know if you want the photograph brighter or darker.  Selectively, we can perform shadow recovery on dark items like background or on clothing textures.  Another common treatment is to apply a darker vignette around the edges of the frame or in an oval pattern which helps direct the viewer’s eye to the subject.

Color balance:                     Sometimes images just seem off.  This is typically associated to a warm or cool colorcast present in the image.  Colorcasts and saturation may be applied artificially to give the picture a specific mood or style, e.g. Maxim style glamour photographs.

Composites:                        Do you want several images combined into a single image?  In modeling, these are referred to as comp or zed cards.   Other uses may be a horizontal filmstrip or a vertical photo-booth type look.

Cropping:                              Cropping aids the presentation of the images by minimizing dead-space, removing distractions, and helping the overall composition.  Please explain coordinates or features to exclude/include.

Enhancements:                   I’m not a plastic surgeon but I play one on TV.  Seriously, is there something that could improve the image?  Is your tummy an ‘outtie’ today or does that pose make your thighs look large?  Let us know and we can do a little plastic surgery to the image.  Other common enhancements are removing distracting items from the scene or re-attaching body parts that may have been cut off by the edge of the frame.

Focus adjustments:           Many images need a little focus adjustment to help the subject become the focal point.  Focus adjustments ranges from image sharpening to selective blurring.  A common use of blur is a ‘soft focus’ treatment applied just to the skin that gives the subject a smooth, blemish free complexion. 

Resizing:                               Common web etiquette suggests that images used on the web or via email should be down-sampled.  This helps others see your images faster and ensures that the images are not too large or small for the receiver’s monitor.  Some online portfolio services require certain sizes specified in ‘kilobytes’ or pixel dimensions.

Rotations:                             Is the image slightly off axis or needs to be rotated from portrait to landscape for final presentation?  Please specify clockwise or counter-clockwise from 0 to 90 degrees