Jan

Retouching Resolutions: 1. Always stand out from the crowd

A couple of days ago we were amused by some of the nerdy responses to photoshop.com’s blog post “What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?”. See below for examples:

• Arun is going to to “try to make more realistic textures for the character models”
• Justie said she wanted to start taking her holiday photos in RAW format
• William is going to calibrate his Color Monitor.

This is not to say we have a problem with nerdy-photoshop-based New Years Resolutions, if anything we actively encourage it. But instead of putting you on the spot like photoshop.com, we’re going to be nice and do the work for you …

Over the next three weeks we’ll post SIX nerdy-photoshop-based resolutions to keep you focused through the cold, dark days of January.

More specifically these resolutions will be on a topic close to our heart – Retouching. This is partly due to our love of first class photo manipulation, but mostly because of the alliteration.

First up: Always stand out from the crowd

L.A. based photographer C.J Burton’s philosophy is essentially to stand out from the crowd. His winning combination of wit, imagination, Photoshop genius, and clever use of models has made his imagery some of the most sought after in world of commercial photography. (We particularly admire his hyper-realistic stock image portfolio.)

If you can match CJ’s quirkiness and impeccable detailing then you’ll be well on your way to Photoshop stardom …

Visit CJ Burton’s website here for an unedited look at his portfolio: CJBurton.com

Or even better, watch him in conversation on Breakfast television here:

Come back again on Thursday (12th January) for Retouching Resolution: 2. Keep it Classy where we’ll take a look at perfectionist French retoucher Christophe Huet.

Happy New Year!