Post-production & Retouching services

for Architectural and Interior Photographers

Available worldwide

Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer

About us

All the images on this website are carefully prepared by me and my partner-in-crime - my wonderful wife, Alya. We grew up together in the photography business, learned various retouching techniques, and truly love what we do. We’d be happy to share our skills, not only to enhance your images but also to save your time!

Your post-production partners

With years of experience in photographing and retouching architecture and interiors, we strike the perfect balance between achieving a polished commercial look and preserving the natural beauty of the original photo.  

What’s included? 

  • Brackets Blending: combining ambient and strobe exposures into a single, seamless image.
  • Exposure & Color Correction: adjustments to ensure your images have perfect lighting and true-to-life colors.
  • Perspective & Distortion Correction: straightening lines and correcting lens distortions for a clean, professional look.
  • Object Removal & Cleanup: seamlessly removing unwanted elements and distractions to keep the focus on key features.
  • Detailed Enhancements: using layer masks to refine every detail of the space according to your needs. 

Software

Our workflow is designed to ensure we are always on the same page with my clients. We use Capture One Pro, Adobe Lightroom, Camera Raw, Photoshop and various AI tools.  

Turnaround time

Up to 10 interior or 5 exterior images per day, but it highly depends on the current workload and the amount of editing work. 

Professional Photo Retouching for Architecture and Interior Photography  

Every great architectural photo is finished twice: once with the camera, and once at the desk. Our photo retouching service takes raw exposures from residential spaces, commercial projects, and high-end hospitality shoots and turns them into publication-ready images: clean geometry, natural light, and color that matches how a space actually feels to stand in. 


We work with architectural and interior photographers who need a reliable post-production partner - not just someone who runs a preset, but someone who understands how precise control over verticals, materials, and light behavior shapes high-end results.

Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer
Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer

Why Retouching Is Part of the Shoot, Not an Afterthought

A camera sensor and the human eye don’t see a room the same way. A wide-angle lens will bow a straight wall outward; a single exposure can’t hold detail in both a bright window and a dim corner at the same time; and a room lit by three different bulb types will always come back with a color cast that no client asked for. None of that is a mistake on the photographer’s part - it’s just physics, and it’s exactly what retouching is there to fix.

That’s why, on architectural and interior projects, editing isn’t treated as a finishing touch tacked on at the end. It’s built into the workflow from the moment the brackets are shot on location. The final image needs to do two things at once: look true to the space, and look good enough to stop someone scrolling through a listing or a portfolio. Getting both right is the actual job.

Software & Workflow

Retouching is done in Adobe Photoshop, Capture One, and Lightroom using a layered, non-destructive workflow. We handle raw processing and precise color grading in Capture One or Lightroom, then move to Photoshop using Smart Objects for detailed compositing, exposure blending, and object removal. 

To ensure maximum efficiency, our workflow is split into two stages: we first focus on light blending, color adjustments, and the overall mood for your review. Once the initial blending is approved, we move on to the final stage - detailed cleaning and object removal. Every image goes through manual quality control before delivery. No batch-only automation on final files.

We deliver high-resolution files typically as 8-bit or 16-bit TIFFs. All final images are uploaded to a Google Drive folder, making it seamless for you to download the assets or share the link directly with your clients.  

Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer

  Frequently Asked Questions  

Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer

Do you take on files from photographers you haven’t worked with before

Yes, we absolutely do. We are always open to onboarding new clients. Since our workflow is highly customized to match each creator’s unique style, we focus specifically on building long-term post-production partnerships rather than taking on one-off projects.

We’d be happy to discuss how we can support your work on a regular basis. 

Will the edit match the rest of my portfolio?

That’s the goal, not an extra request. Send a few reference images or previous deliveries and we’ll match tone, contrast, and color handling so a new batch doesn’t stick out next to your personal style.  

Why blend brackets by hand instead of running them through HDR software?

Because software doesn’t know which part of the room matters. It merges exposures by formula and tends to flatten contrast and oversaturate everything evenly. Blending by hand means deciding, frame by frame, how much of the window exposure to pull into the highlights and how much of the ambient shot to keep in the shadows - the difference between a photo that looks edited and one that just looks like the room.  

How much does architectural photo retouching cost?

It depends on what each image actually needs - a straight color pass is a different job from thirty brackets that need blending plus. Send over a sample set and we’ll quote it properly rather than guess at a flat rate.  

What payment methods do you accept?

We prefer using Wise, as it offers significantly lower transfer fees and faster processing times compared to standard international wire transfers (SWIFT). However, if Wise isn’t an option for you, a regular bank wire transfer works perfectly fine as well.  

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Photo retouching services. Yaroslav Lukiyanchenko — Architectural & Interior Photographer