Did you love posing for Marilee? Of course you did! Do you wish you had a reason to purchase more of her expertly-retouched images, above and beyond what was included in your photo package? Of course you do, and I'm going to give you more than one reason why extra photo edits are good investments.

You own the copyrights to the photos you buy.

Starting in 2022, Marilee offers extra high-resolution retouched images. The price essentially gets you full control over use of the images you purchase. She offers discounts when you purchase three or more additional retouched images, too.

If you're interested in giving prints as gifts, creating your own calendar, or selling items with the images on them, this may be worth the additional cost to you.

If your goal is to get published, pinup magazines like having more images to choose from.

As you may have learned from our post about getting published, most pinup publications like to have several options from which to choose when selecting images for features.

If your goal is a cover, then you'll want to submit between six and ten images (sometimes more, depending on the magazine) that are suitable not only for publication (e.g. vertical orientation, &c.), but for a layout with a masthead, too. Given that most photo packages include fewer than six images, it might be worth it to you to invest in additional retouches - or upgrade to a Premium package - to maximize your chances at earning a bigger feature, if not a cover.

Virtually all of the raw images Marilee puts in your proofing gallery can be successfully retouched.

I totally get how daunting it can be to look at a proofing gallery full of dozens of raw images and wonder how to even begin selecting good candidates for retouching. I'm also familiar with how it feels to like a lot of raw images that are almost perfect: you love a particular pose, or the way your face looks in a particular photo, but may feel a bit put off by a weird shadow or the way certain body parts appear.

Marilee is all about body acceptance, but she also understands that most people aren't 100% confident about every inch of their bodies. The good news is that most issues - a little bit of tummy, stretch marks, batwings, or whatever body part it is that makes you cringe when viewed from certain angles - are almost certainly fixable with a bit of Photoshop.

And no, Photoshop isn't "cheating" - it's industry standard. Every professional photo you see in your favorite magazine or on social media is retouched to some degree. And with Marilee, you never have to worry about weird "uncanny valley" editing jobs; she'll make sure you always look like you.

Marilee chooses your first batch of retouched edits - the ones included in your package - to demonstrate which shots she feels are the best, and to show you what some judicious photo editing can achieve. Just look at the "before" versions of your edited photos (via the proofing gallery link she sends you) to get an idea what Marilee can do with additional edits of your choice!

If you have questions about which images are best suited to your needs, just ask. Marilee will be happy to help you choose.

How do I order more images?

It's easy! Once Marilee has retouched the images included in your package, she'll send you an email with a link to your finished photos as well as a link to a proofing gallery with all retouchable raw images from your shoot.

From there, you can keep track of the photos you like best by clicking the heart icon on the bottom left of each thumbnail (you can also click on any thumbnail to get a closer look at the image and make selections, or to scroll through all the images in larger format using the arrow icons)...

Once you decide which images you'd like edited, click the shopping cart icon on the bottom right of each image you want to buy (see above). From there, click the plus ("+") icon in the gray box that appears, which will add the image to your shopping cart...

When you're ready to check out, the shopping cart icon on the top right of all proofing gallery will take you to your cart for checkout!