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1A Nocturne Centred, full-bleed, one image at a time
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Photographer · Retoucher · Sydney
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01 — Hospitality

Crafted by passion.
Defined by detail.

Food, drinks and atmosphere for restaurants and bars — shot to work across menus, web and socials.

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Hospitality photography by Jade Lowden
02 — Portraiture

Portraits with presence.

Editorial and personal portraits, boudoir and headshots — retouched by the same hand that shot them.

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Studio portrait in navy satin
Portrait photography by Jade Lowden
One Central Park, Chippendale
03 — Other work

Architecture, streets
and places.

Buildings, streets and places — Sydney, Venice, Honolulu — the work that keeps the eye moving between jobs.

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Personal work by Jade Lowden
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Freelance retouching

The last ten
percent

High-end photo retouching, compositing and colour finishing for photographers, brands and publications across commercial and editorial imagery.

Latest — Style Magazine, Issue 04 cover
Style Magazine Issue 04 cover
Feature — cover

Style Magazine

Issue 04 · August–September 2026

Cover artist Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal). Cover retouch plus three inside portraits — skin, hair and cover-safe colour, delivered to press spec.

Photography by Shelton Leong Retouching by Jade Lowden
Cover portrait
Style Magazine Issue 04 cover portrait
Inside the issue
Style Magazine Issue 04 inside portrait
Style Magazine Issue 04 inside portrait
Style Magazine Issue 04 inside portrait
Feature — composite imagery

Motorway Patrol

Two captures seamlessly composited into one promotional frame, with colour, contrast and lighting matched for a cohesive final image.

Watch on TVNZ →
Photography by Shelton Leong Retouching by Jade Lowden
Motorway Patrol composite
Feature — exhibition

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PhotoGRAF Studio Gallery

Exhibition series for Nail Artist LIBBYF*NMAY — beauty retouching with creative dodge and burn, sculpting light and form for large-format gallery print.

Photography by Shelton Leong Retouching by Jade Lowden
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What lands
on my desk

Working files in, layered PSD or delivery-ready TIFF out. Turnaround quoted per job.

Beauty & skin retouchingDodge & burn · frequency separation
High-end compositesMulti-image blends · background replacement
Colour gradingSeries-matched · print safe
Product cleanupPaths · reflections · shadows
Editorial & magazine prepCMYK · cover-ready

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