I’m often asked what retouch technique do I use on the photo, frequency separation or dodge-and-burn? I usually use both of these techniques, but in different proportions. The point is not which technique to use, the point is HOW to use it.
🔸If you retouch a lot of photos for a catalogue or a client shoot, you're limited in time, so you have to use frequency separation.
🔸If you retouch beauty images, you need the most accurate and natural result, so the main technique is the dodge-and-burn. I use frequency separation in beauties and clouse-ups only for texture retouching, it helps to separate texture from the color and volume. And I use only dodge&bern to correct the lights and shadows.
❗️It is important to understand that there is no "right" or "wrong" retouching technique, your result depends only on the way you use it.