Anon Retouch

http://www.anonymousretouch.com


Another retouching studio that offers service for beauty and fashion photographs. I think the name also has good connotations because clients and companies do not want to admit to their photographs being retouched and 'anonymous' has connotations that it would be kept hidden.

The studio produces works that are very minimalistic, clean and crisp. The entire focus becomes about the subject as they have successfully removed all distractions.

One thing I have noticed with studio websites is that they all include a list of past clients, this raises there status and connotes that they are an excellent studio as they have worked for such established clients.

Being a Success

We looked at the WPO's photographic conversations on student photography and I took away some great advice and motivation. Here are the important parts of the presentation that I found helpful:

Why am I doing what I am doing?
How does this reflect the world?
Change subjects to show a new or unseen viewpoint
I need to care about my subjects
Research into the people I am photographing and showing work too, how would they expect it?
How will it be presented? does this compliment or contrast with the subject?
Do I know why I am networking and marketing?
Use each and every tool available to me
Photography is not always behind a camera
Break down the walls I build around myself
I will develop my own personal style



How to be a Success

There are many articles, videos and books available trying to uncover the secrets of being successful, however I feel these are useless as success must come from within and no matter how much you read about being successful it is redundant unless it is put into practice. But here are some tips from the presentation we given in this weeks lecture:

Move past fear
Failure is part of it
Find a drive
What you put in, you get back out
Be nice to people
Network is key
No debts, try keep on top of everything
Market yourself
JUST DO IT
Theres no age limit
Do I deserve it ?
RELAX!
Whats your personal style?

Creative Live

https://www.creativelive.com/catalog/all?qd=retouching&sort=1&upcoming=0

This website holds a range of classes available for retouching in a variety of subjects:

All classes are available to purchase for a range of prices depending on the subject and the amount of content included. Although I have not yet purchased any classes I am going to look into the different classes and see which will offer me the most personal benefit as their are courses designed specifically for retouching (see below)


Aaron Nace

food retouching
step-by-step workflow to speed up the process


Lindsay Adler

portraits
creative techniques
advanced techniques
beauty shots
skin


Julia Kuzmenko McKim

commercial beauty
basic portrait techniques

Pratik Naik (retoucher)

https://www.creativelive.com/courses/art-business-high-end-retouching-pratik-naik



This link is a website which hosts online classes available to purchase, this class that is linked is a step by step of a photography shoot he is working on and shows us how his high end images are created and retouched. He also talks about the business side which is important to know so that profit can be made effectively and insurance is in place incase of unexpected problems arising. In the class he has uploaded a range of documents which include; his photoshop files, his actions that he uses within photoshop and discount codes.

He is the owner of Solstice Retouch which is a studio offering services for all genres of photography and he also offers seminars and workshops through his website. He aims to make the photographs appear natural yet perfect, which is what photographs for commercial purposes should be.

Becky Van Ommen

http://www.beckyvanommen.com/about/

She is a photographer and retoucher who works commercially to create works for commercial, conceptual, fashion and beauty images, she has worked with very established clients. Her website shows only the final versions of her works and the originals and the process are not visible, I personally would like to see the process that she takes to create her photographs as I feel I could leaner from it and gain more of an insight and appreciation for the work she has done.

Joel Pares - Retouching

http://www.joelpares.com/retouching/

A photographer and retoucher in one he combines his retouching skills to enhance and create his projects. I think that retouching is a great skill to learn for photographers because it means that the expense of paying for a retoucher to fox overlooked mistakes does not need to happen and any retouching done on personal work remains personal as the photographer knows the exact vision that they have for the final outcome.

His website also shows the step by step process he has taken for some of his photographs, and although I feel that some of the work did not need the extreme retouching that it has received it also makes me think that I can not trust any photograph that I see because the photographs could be digitally created like his are.

NAPP and Photoshop User

http://kelbyone.com/magazine/

Photoshop User

This is a monthly magazine which includes many tutorials and articles, signing up for a membership gives the member access to 10 magazine issues a year.

The October issue features 100 tips for using Photoshop and other tips and tricks, it also has some halloween themed tutorials to help with upcoming seasonal holiday. There is also some reviews on books written about photoshop.

http://members.photoshopuser.com/

NAPP

The NAPP stands for National Association of Photoshop Professionals, this website hosts many different tutorials and online classes, it also offers a range of discounts on Apple photo imaging products to photography book making to website hosting sites. This website is also associated with Kelby One as the NAPP website links through to the Kelby One.