Mark Zaretti Photography Blog

I'm was just packing my cameras and kit for a wedding that I'm photographing this weekend and I heard a lot of bird noise from the front garden, so I grabbed my 200m telephoto lens and Nikon camera and quietly sneaked out the front door...

The source of the noise was a baby blackbird, and some other birds all feasting on a malt loaf that I'd thrown out for them a the other day. So it turns out that they like malt loaf! The baby black bird is one of three young that are in my garden and it's fascinating watching them as their parents show them how to eat and do "bird things". When I get up close to them they always remind me of little dinosaurs... the way they move and behave.

So it just goes to show, sometimes you don't have to travel far to see wildlife!

Thanks to those boffins at Sparticle Limited, my site now has the ability for you to add comments and feedback to my pictures! So when you look through the gallery you can now leave feedback on your favorite pictures and you also get to see what other people are saying too!

Happy new year! I've been using photoshop to digitally retouch images from my digital camera shoots for the past 5 years and because a number of people have asked me, I've decided to add it as a service that I offer.

What is digital retouching?

Digital retouching is a process where I use professional Adobe Photoshop products to alter an image to make it and the object or people in it look even better. As well as altering the colour, white balance, contrast and other aspects of the image digital retouching, which is also known as "photoshoping a picture" can be used  for removing blemishes, hiding bags under the eyes, loosing acne spots, masking scars, changing the shape of a persons face and body and also to remove people or objects from an image.

Digital Retouching Service

I work very efficiently and clients usually visit me so they can sit and describe exactly what they want on their important images. I use the latest large wacom touchpads with seriously large high quality NEC professional screens to ensure the highest quality. And with 18Gb of RAM and 8 processors I can work extremely quickly to deliver great value for money.

Get in touch today for a friendly chat to find out more about the professional and cost effective digital retouching service I offer.

I've just finished a shoot for the newly opened Evolution Skin Studios in Burgate, Canterbury. It was a favor for them as this amazing tattoo and skin studio was set up by my good friend Helen Porter.

So last Tuesday I popped along in the afternoon and took some fly on the wall as well as more staged promotional shots. The people that work there are great and it's so nice to be able to creatively contribute to this studios success.

You'll be seeing some of the pictures appear on my galleries and no doubt some will also find their way onto their evolutionskinstudios.com website, along with facebook!

I've just added a wedding photographer gallery to the site. It takes time to choose and prepare the images for the gallery so I'm adding a few at a time, so come back often to see more wedding pictures and also visit the other galleries as I'll be adding pictures to them regularly too.