Imagine you're at your photographer's after your wedding admiring your photos and you come across a stunning picture except for the large, red Exit sign above the door which ruins it. Or, the groom, very nervous on his wedding day, breaks out in a hot sweat "No problem," says the photographer, "Retouching will take care of the problems." and he's right.
All it costs is money. Retouching a photo to remove an occasional Exit sign is no big deal. But retouching every photo to make the groom look normal takes lots of time, and time is money. Retouching in this example can cost hundreds of pounds. The solution?
Make-up. If you're a bride-to be, make-up will make you look even more beautiful then you are and will enhance your features. It should be used wisely, however, and not draw attention to itself.
It should be applied to all family members, bridal-party members, and the groom to ensure that your photos will look their best, eliminating the need to spend hundreds of dollars to retouch photos after the fact. If someone in your bridal party has a skin problem, make sure that you and/or your makeup artist is aware of the problem and fixes it with a little make-up.
There's another problem: shine. There's nothing worse than shiny faces when it comes to photos. Most times brides and grooms will ask that their pictures be retouched to remove glare when all they had to do to prevent the problem was dust their faces with a little loose powder.
Keep loose powder on hand to use before the ceremony and afterward when those formal photos are being shot, and to use during the reception.
Who wants to spend hundreds of pounds in retouching when all it takes is a little loose powder and make-up to solve the problem?