Post-production for photographers
Your photographs, finished properly.
Retouching, beauty work and creative compositing for photographers, priced per image with 24-hour delivery and skin that still looks like skin. Video editing is quoted per project.
- One-time, per-image pricing
- Ordered through the client portal
- Natural skin, real texture kept
Why photographers choose BeEdits
- Matched to your reference editsSend finished examples and written notes, and the set follows them.
- 24-hour delivery on photo servicesCreative Essential comes back in 20 hours. Video and ad work is scheduled per project.
- Plans for bulk and monthly volumeA custom plan built around your volume, style and delivery needs.
BeforeOriginal studio captureBuildingLayers compositing in orderAfterFinal graded composite
- Original captureThe studio frame as photographed: the subject on a blue sports motorcycle against a plain light backdrop.
- Background replacementThe light studio backdrop is replaced by a dark cinematic space with depth and open room around the subject.
- Horse integrationThe motorcycle gives way to a galloping horse, matched to the pose, the eye line and the direction of travel.
- Subject continuityThe subject carries over unchanged — suit, hat, sash and likeness — with the flag placed into the raised hand.
- Shadow groundingContact shadow and ground darkening seat the horse and rider in the new scene instead of floating them over it.
- Atmospheric effectsGround dust, motion haze and directional light build up until the frame reads as one photograph.
- Cinematic gradingTone, contrast and colour are shaped into a single cinematic grade across the whole frame.
- Final polishEdges, micro-contrast and the last finishing passes complete the artwork at full resolution.
Creative edit breakdown
From studio capture to cinematic concept
One real transformation, rebuilt a layer at a time. Scroll to stack the composite: environment, horse, subject, shadow, atmosphere, grade.
- Cinematic environmentBackground replacementThe light studio backdrop is replaced by a dark cinematic space with depth and open room around the subject.
- HorseHorse integrationThe motorcycle gives way to a galloping horse, matched to the pose, the eye line and the direction of travel.
- Subject and flagSubject continuityThe subject carries over unchanged — suit, hat, sash and likeness — with the flag placed into the raised hand.
- Contact shadowShadow groundingContact shadow and ground darkening seat the horse and rider in the new scene instead of floating them over it.
- Dust and hazeAtmospheric effectsGround dust, motion haze and directional light build up until the frame reads as one photograph.
- Whole frameCinematic gradingTone, contrast and colour are shaped into a single cinematic grade across the whole frame.
- Whole frameFinal polishEdges, micro-contrast and the last finishing passes complete the artwork at full resolution.
Before and after
The original next to the finished edit
Open any project to compare the original capture with the finished image, both shown whole at their own proportions.
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What we actually do
Editing shouldn't slow your photography down
Here is what happens to a frame once it reaches us, in the order we do it.
The challenge
- Hours lost to culling and retouching after every shoot.
- Inconsistent results when work is spread across editors.
- No reliable way to scale during busy seasons.
Send the RAWs, keep your look
Send RAW, TIFF, PSD or JPEG files with two or three of your own finished edits. We match that look across the set and return the images graded and consistent.
What happens to each frame
- 01Read the frameWhat is distracting, what is character, and what the brief says to leave alone.
- 02Correct the lightExposure, white balance and colour brought to one reference across the whole set.
- 03Work the detailSkin evened with frequency separation, then the modelling rebuilt by hand so nothing goes flat.
- 04Matched to your styleEvery frame is edited to your reference images and written instructions, so the set comes back in the style you asked for.
What we do
Choose the level of edit your images need
Six photo services with fixed per-image prices, from basic retouching to multi-image composites, plus video editing and ad creative quoted per project.
Advanced Creative Photo Editing & Manipulation
- Creative editing
- Per image
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Pricing
Fixed prices for every photo service
Every photo service has a published per-image price you can order at in the client portal. For bulk or ongoing monthly work we put together a custom plan.
Standard Retouching
$4.00 per image
Client-ready portraits: skin cleanup, teeth and eyes, clothing wrinkles, colour correction and minor background work.
- Background scope: minor cleanup only. Advanced object removal or a complex rebuild is an add-on or a custom quote.
What Standard Retouching includes
- Frequency separation
- Blemish and spot removal
- Teeth whitening and eye brightening
- Clothing wrinkle cleanup
- Minor background cleanup
Premium Retouch
$6.00 per image
Publication-ready work: advanced skin retouching, dodge and burn, grading, and hair, clothing and background cleanup.
- 24-hour delivery
What Premium Retouch includes
- Advanced skin retouching
- Dodge and burn refinement
- Colour correction and grading
- Hair and clothing cleanup
- Background cleanup
Advanced Composite
$35.00 per image
Multi-image blending of up to three images, background creation, realistic shadow matching and high-end skin work.
- 24-hour delivery
What Advanced Composite includes
- Advanced photo compositing
- Multi-image blending — up to three images into one
- Background creation
- Realistic lighting and shadow matching
- Custom colour grading
Client portal
Order and manage your editing in one place
Orders go through the BeEdits client portal: browse the catalog, check what each service covers and costs, then sign in or create an account.
- 01
Create an account or sign in
Existing clients sign in; new ones can register.
- 02
Browse the service catalog
See the editing services available and what each one covers.
- 03
Place your order
Choose the package, upload your files and add your editing notes.
How it works
From upload to finished files
The same four steps on every order, whether it is one image or a full gallery.
Upload
Upload in the client portal or share a Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer or Pixieset link, with references and notes.
Edit
Your set is retouched and graded to the references you sent.
Review
Check the results and send any revision notes together in one message.
Deliver
Download the finished high-resolution files.
Why BeEdits
Why photographers send us their editing
Your look, held across the set
Send two or three of your own finished edits and we match them frame to frame.
Nothing over-processed
Blemishes and strays removed, pores and texture kept.
Matched to your references
Send the same reference edits with each order and every set is matched to that look.
Clean-up to composites
From basic retouching to multi-image composites, plus video and ad creative by quote.
At a glance
What each kind of edit covers
Who each kind of work suits, what it changes in the frame, and how long photo work takes to come back.
Skin & portrait retouching
- Best for
- Portraits
- Delivery
- 24 hours
- Outcome
- Natural, texture-preserving skin
Colour grading
- Best for
- All shoots
- Delivery
- Per service
- Outcome
- One consistent colour across the gallery
Background cleanup
- Best for
- Product & portrait
- Delivery
- 24 hours
- Outcome
- Distraction-free frames
Compositing & manipulation
- Best for
- Creative & commercial
- Delivery
- 20–24 hours
- Outcome
- New backgrounds with matched light and shadow
Wedding & event editing
- Best for
- Weddings
- Delivery
- Per service
- Outcome
- Cohesive, album-wide style
Advertisement design
- Best for
- Campaigns
- Delivery
- Quoted per project
- Outcome
- Campaign-ready creative
The studio
What the studio does
The disciplines we bring to every project.
Workflow
Specialist post-production workflow
Post-production is the whole job here, not a service bolted onto a shoot. Files arrive, are worked through a defined sequence, and come back in the state they need to be published in.
Retouching
Natural retouching
Skin and detail work that keeps the texture of the original frame. The aim is a photograph that still looks photographed — corrections that are noticed only when they are pointed out.
Beauty
High-end beauty work
Frequency separation, dodge and burn, and the close attention that beauty and cosmetic work needs when the image will be reproduced large.
Compositing
Compositing and creative editing
Combining frames, replacing or extending backgrounds, and building images that were never captured in a single exposure — matched on perspective, lighting and grain so the result reads as one photograph.
Next step
Send us a file and see the difference
Tell us what you are shooting and what you need back. We agree the scope and the look with you before any work starts.