Modern Cinematic Portrait Retouching

I have a set of portrait shots that need to look polished yet authentic. The brief is straightforward: smooth the skin so it appears naturally flawless—no plastic texture—then grade the images with a modern cinematic finish that feels current, rich in tone, and true to life.

You can work in Photoshop, Lightroom, or your preferred high-end retouching suite as long as texture and colour integrity stay intact. If you use frequency separation or dodge-and-burn, please keep the results indistinguishable from an in-camera capture; I want viewers focusing on expression, not the edit.

Finished files must be high-resolution JPEGs suitable for print plus layered PSDs so I can revisit colour or exposure later. Let me know the turnaround you’ll need and, if possible, share a sample frame from your portfolio that shows your modern cinematic grading. I’ll supply RAWs as soon as we confirm the workflow.