Can a photographer....

kiki1978

Ok, so I'm getting married with braces on my teeth.  I'm self conscious about it. Can a photographer airbrush them out? Thanks for your help!

RailWayWife

I am not sure.. Do you have a photographer you want to use in mind? I would call them and ask just to be sure.

photogbride12

Maybe, but it's very difficult and you'd likely have to pay a lot of extra money for the time it would take. Definitely check with the photographer before you hire them.

rbabyrolle

Yeah you can doing corrections with computer software but it is time consuming.  It might not be worth the price.  I would definitely ask the photographer before hand to make sure they are willing to put in the extra time to do the corrections.  Maybe with the types of photos they take you will be so amazed by them you won't even notice the braces

[Deleted User]

as a photographer I can tell you that we do general retouching and color correction included in pricing. but when we are asked to do something more involved we usually charge hourly for it. it does not amount to much and if your photographer is good they should be able to handle it with no issues.

kiki1978

Thanks everyone!  I'll definitely bring it up with the photographer.

hockeywithadiamond

Very time consuming...  I would ask the dentist about going to invisalign or something...in the end might be a better price... When I've done retouching for every picture like that it amounts to a lot.... I charge $85/hr for retouching like that.  I have done it for a picture or two to whiten teeth but for braces, you're looking at a lot of detailed work...

LauraChristin

It's an insane amount of work and I have never seen it look natural. Basically, the photographer would need to sample the tooth or tooth color and stamp it over the braces. On like 600 photos? No way. A friend of mine had her braces removed for the wedding then put back on. I would look into that.

clade

I actually had this done for my Senior photos taken back in high school. It actualy looked pretty nice and natural. Though in that case they let me look at the proofs and then only touched up the couple I decided to print and it was still pretty costly. If you'd just like to have a few nice ones touched up after the fact I think that's do-able, if you're expecting someone to touch up every photo they take that day you'd be better off just having them removed for the day.

toothpastechica

Any good photographer is not going to be willing to put in the time that would take...since they can just find work elsewhere if they are any good. It can be done, but you wont get super natural looking teeth that way anyways. I would go to the orthodontist and see what they can do to take them off or put them on the inside of your mouth or give you a retainer for the weekend. Much better option then editing ALL your photos.