Professional photography rarely ends when the camera stops. For most high-end commercial and advertising work, post-production is where a technically good photograph becomes a finished commercial image. Rico Ploeg combines advanced retouching, digital imaging, compositing and CGI techniques to deliver images that meet the exacting standards of advertising, luxury product and corporate clients.
Because Rico both photographs and retouches his own work, the entire production — from lighting to final delivery — is controlled by a single specialist. This means decisions made in the studio are made with post-production in mind, and retouching decisions are informed by a deep understanding of how the image was created. The result is a more coherent and technically superior final image.
Many modern commercial images combine photography with computer-generated imagery. Rico has extensive experience integrating CGI elements into photographic scenes — and vice versa — using KeyShot and Blender to create seamless composites that would be impossible, impractical or too costly to produce through photography alone.
Yes. Rico provides retouching and digital imaging services for images produced by other photographers or from other sources, subject to project requirements.
Focus stacking combines multiple images taken at different focus points into a single image with greater depth of field than any single exposure could achieve. It is widely used in jewellery, product and macro photography.
CGI integration involves combining photographic images with computer-generated 3D elements. This is used when products do not yet exist, when physical production would be too costly, or when creative concepts cannot be achieved through photography alone.
Rico delivers finished images in any required format including TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF and layered Photoshop files, at any resolution required for print, web or broadcast use.