Testimonials
"In an age where personalized service is practically an oxymoron, Winter Orchard stands out as a notable exception. They are always there when I need help, and always effectively respond to my needs in a timely and cost-effective manner. Their ideas and insights have proven indispensable for helping take my business to the next level. Kudos!"
- Ken Shano,
Big City Party Band
"We did it once again! Wonderful job and it was great to work with you."
- Susan Mansfield,
NABC
Upgrade of NABC Website, March 2008
"The Maine Nurse Practitioner Association, a statewide organization, hired Winter Orchard Graphic Design to design a 12 month calendar for their membership and the public to highlight the role and activities of nurse practitioners throughout the state.We were so pleased with the 2007 calendar that we had a 2008 edition designed. Rave reviews were received for both years, We were extremely pleased with the professional service and beautiful results. We continue to recommend Winter Orchard for any type of graphic projects. They are great to work with!"
- Kathy Coleman, MNPA
"I was referred to Winter Orchard Graphic Design with the hope of finding a designer who could take an existing website and refresh it within reasonable cost constraints. I am a sole proprietor of an Organization Consulting Practice and work both nationally and internationally. My two criteria of working with my existing website and cost containment were met. I worked mostly with Eric vanBok, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience and was totally pleased with the process. What I discovered along the way was my need to have someone who could 'teach' me how to maintain the content of my website and support me through the process. Eric was patient, followed up continually, responded to any questions or concerns and many months later continues to be there for support when I need him. I would refer anyone to this company. They offer a great mix of technical skills, creative design and excellent customer service."
- Dennis DaRos
Great Island Consulting
"It is a pleasure working with the folks at Winter Orchard ... Always attentive and include all details right at the first shot."
- Ilana Ben Harav
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Photo Retouching
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We do all kinds of retouching work with pictures. Everything from a simple clean-up to a “glamour-type” of photo for portraits, to an all-out manipulation of the picture- like something you might see in a magazine. We also do color correction, can sharpen photos, and turn color photos to black and white or even sepia tone. If you want something specifically done, ask us. We can probably do it.
Pulled dancer out of original background. Smoothed skin on face, neck and body, created shadow and then composite background from other stock photos and added titles for her brochure.
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Pulled dancer out of original background. Smoothed skin on face and softened shadows on face and body. So that it appeared that she had more costumes, the whole color of her costume was changed from red to burgundy-purple. The toes of her foot at the bottom of the picture were painted in and titles were added for her brochure.
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Pulled out subject from original background. Smoothed skin on face and body. Painted out imperfections in skin. Softened features in face. Repainted in eyes to give more presence and whitened reflections to give more sparkle.
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Created mysterious misty background. Sharpened original photo, redefined eyes, mouth, lips. Turned color photo to black and white and then re-colorized photo to shades of grey and pink to match brochure background. Painted in photo over misty background to give the effect of the photo coming out of the fog and painted in the shadow of the fingers in the hand on the curtain. Added titles.
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This client had many photos that she wanted retouched for possible video covers.
The original photos were of very low quality, small size and taken from video stills.
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De-interlaced the picture, evened out her skin, re-defined lips, re-defined eyes and added in reflections to eye.
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De-interlaced the picture, evened skin tone, took away shadows from skin and neck, re-defined lips and added subtle shine, re-painted in eyes, including light reflection.
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De-interlaced picture, evened skin tone, smoothed arm, took away line from her body stocking, painted in eyes, re-defined teeth and lips.
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De-interlaced picture, smoothed skin and lessened shadows, re-painted eyes and light reflections, enhanced a subtle lens flare on lower edge of costume.
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Enhanced face to make it “pop” more, re-defined lips and eyes, painted out annoying reflections of the veil on the face, enhanced the blue of the veil, added in titles.
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The final is a composite between two pictures. I liked the camera position of the hands in one and the facial expression of the other. So I made a composite of both pictures, taking body, arms and hands from one and neck and head from the other. Both pictures were de-interlaced first then composited. Afterwards I smoothed the skin, de-emphasized shadows around the face and eyes, re-touched eyes, and then for fun elongated her and took off a few pounds.
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