Solaris Event Retouching

Months of work go into a single event. Vendors booked. Speakers confirmed. A ballroom built from bare carpet.

For the people on stage, the stakes run higher still. The honoree accepting an award. The executive delivering the keynote. That moment is one they’ll want to keep.

Then the photographs arrive, and there it is: the photograph of their big moment, with a halo of stray hair blazing under the spotlight.

Solaris Event Retouching makes sure the photograph lives up to the moment. It’s an optional upgrade for the company commissioning Houston corporate event photography: every photograph in your delivered collection is retouched before your attendees see it.

You won’t find before-and-after images of event guests on this page. The people Solaris Studios photographs never agreed to have unretouched images of themselves published. We respect their privacy, and our clients’ privacy, without exception.

Every Photograph Arrives Finished

Every corporate event Solaris Studios photographs is delivered ready to use. We cull the coverage down to the strongest frames, then correct exposure and color, crop, and straighten every image. Nothing about that is unfinished.

Event Retouching works on something different: the people. Everyone in the frame looks their best, and still looks exactly like themselves.

Why Your Attendees Will Notice

People don’t share event photos they’re unsure about. They share the ones where they look sharp.

Your award winners will send their photographs to peers, friends and family. Your speakers will put theirs in their bios. Your team will post on LinkedIn. And your competitors will see every one.

Each photograph carries your event, and your company’s name, with it. When the people in them look their best, your event looks like the one worth attending.

How Event Retouching Works

1. Add it when you book, or let us know before your event.
2. We photograph your event and complete standard editing as usual.
3. We retouch every delivered image. Event retouching uses professional AI-assisted tools, and every image is reviewed before release. This adds one business day.
4. Your photographs are delivered. Keep them for your team, or share them with attendees through an optional password-protected gallery. Attendees view and download their photographs free, and prints and framed pieces are available through the gallery shop.

Need a change? One round of revisions is included through the Revision Request Form.

Pricing

Event Retouching is priced on the scope of your event coverage: how long it runs and how many photographers it takes. Your quote comes to you privately. Your attendees never see the terms.

Ask for a quote and we’ll have it to you quickly.

Attended an Event We Photographed?

If you’d like a single photograph from your event gallery retouched, send us a message. Tell us the event and the image, and we’ll let you know what’s possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which photographs are included?

Every final image in your delivered collection. Outtakes, rejected frames and RAW files aren’t delivered, so they aren’t retouched.

When do we need to decide?

Before your photographs are delivered. Retouching happens before your attendees see a single image, so the easiest time to add it is when you book.

Will people look retouched?

They shouldn’t. The goal is believable. People look rested and polished, and nobody looks like someone else.

Will our retouching replace or invent anyone’s features?

No. Solaris Event Retouching is our own technique, and it refines the face that’s already in the photograph. It softens shadows under the eyes, clears temporary blemishes, corrects red eye, brightens teeth slightly, tames stray hairs and adds subtle contouring along the jawline. It never swaps a face, borrows features from another image or invents anything that wasn’t there.

How much time does it add?

One business day. Standard event delivery is 3–5 business days. With Event Retouching, plan on 4–6.

What if we don’t like the results?

Let us know through the Revision Request Form. Tell us which photographs and what you’d like changed, and we’ll take care of it. One round of revisions is included.

Can we see before-and-after examples?

Not here, and that’s deliberate. The people in our event photographs never agreed to have their unretouched images published, and Solaris Studios will not use your guests to sell a service. Your event stays private. In a consultation, we’re glad to walk you through what retouching changes and what it leaves alone.

Is this the same as Collaborative Retouching?

No. Collaborative Retouching is Aric’s in-studio headshot experience, retouched by hand with you beside him. Solaris Event Retouching is built for full event collections, using AI-assisted tools with a review of every image.

What about bigger changes?

Removing objects, replacing backgrounds or combining images is separate work, quoted on its own.

Are revisions included?

Yes. One round of revisions is included. Send your request through the Revision Request Form.

Let’s Talk About Your Event

Tell us about your event, and we’ll show you what Event Retouching adds. The conversation is free: 30 minutes by phone or Zoom.