Retouching & Compositing

I’ve been a professional retoucher for many years and I can say without question that Photoshop has changed the world. Everyone uses it. Everyone knows what it can do. Every published image has been cooked in some way and Photoshop has tools for every level of expertise. Anyone can use it and everyone does. As the saying goes, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” Haha, yep. But I’m still amazed at what Photoshop can do in the hands of a skilled artist. 

These are selected projects with Photoshop as the kingpin. Some projects have a before and after slider to see the changes. Some don’t have a slider because there wasn’t a “before,” it was built from the background up. Some are simple, most are not. Either way, the magic is there.

Special shout out to these guys for truly teaching me how to use Photoshop: Marty Rosamond, Jesse Nelson, Peter Urso and Joel Hurst-Farrell. And shout out to the Knoll brothers for changing the world!