The Fuel Agency's client, Nissan After Sales, needed the removal of car features not available for the Australian release of the Nissan Juke. Fuel briefed Stephen on the range of required retouching, from simple wing mirror colour changes to more complex trim removal that required rebuilding the image below. Franklin worked through all the requested changes creating clean postproduction edits. The resulting photos were visually convincing and ready for use in the Nissan After Sales marketing brochure, avoiding the need for a reshoot.
Art Direction: The Fuel Agency
Photography: Glenn Gibson – Blue Fish Productions
Retouching: Stephen Franklin
This image needed the removal of the rear window guard and required detailed retouching to build up the window underneath. Source: Blue Fish Productions.
After the rear window guard was removed, the front guard was changed to a simulated semi-opaque material. The colour trim for the wing mirror was also adjusted to match the red car body colour.
Open driver’s side door showing interior lighting and chrome trim.
Open driver’s side door with edits applied.
For this image, the interior blue light needed removal and the JUKE type needed backlighting.
Tight crop of red Nissan Juke showing the under-car lighting.
Tight crop of red Nissan Juke from the left-hand side with edits applied.
The under-car lighting and chrome trim in this image needed to be removed. A minor colour adjustment to the door handles was also made.
n this rear image of the Juke, the boot lining, scuff plate and feature badge needed to be removed.
Stephen left the props in the shot, maintaining the shadows from the bag and the headphones.
