Designer's Notepad

van der Wyk Design provides traditional print retouching and dye blending for professional photographers and film enthusiasts.

Print Retouch

Dye Blending

print retouch

Dyes are applied to the finished print to smooth negative retouching if necessary, sharpen eyes and faces, touch out stray hairs, tone down facial shine or hot spots on the print and enhance eyes.
A light touch brings focus and clarity to the subject without seeming to be "touched up".

Pencil Work

To add or soften catchlights, enhance eye or hair color. This method requires the print to be sprayed with lacquer to even out the texture of the paper with the pencils and seal in the artwork.