The shot above shows a shot I took recently, with the first one being out of camera and the second one showing after I decided my work in PS was complete. I would not classify myself as a PS expert, but I've learned and practiced enough of it by now to realize I can afford to post very few unretouched photos as examples of my work. It's just a given in the world of fashion/beauty image creation.
I didn't start off with this point of view. The first few models I shot were posted without any retouching at all (you can still find some of them on my Flickr stream). My reasons were not based on any purist religion, nor any well thought out strategy. It was mostly a matter of my not having any suitable software (LightRoom or Photoshop), and not being interested in investing the time to learn them. But I eventually came to understand that this is part of the image creation process - akin to working in a digital darkroom. It was only a matter of time before I came around.
