About me

I have recently finished a degree in editorial and advertising photography and am now looking to start a career in retouching. This job sounds really exciting and I feel my skills and experience in retouching make me a good candidate.

I am very hard working and always aim to achieve a high standard of work. I can work to tight deadlines, and I'm always looking to learn more and develop my skills in retouching.

Because of my degree in photography I also have a good understanding of lighting and how a shoot is put together, from the planning stages, to the post production and presentation of the final images.

I am a team player and love to meet new people, but I can also work independently.

I have experience using a Wacom tablet and pen, and Photoshop CS5.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Hannah Farmer

Skills

- During my time at University and also from different work experience placements I have learnt to retouch images to a high standard. I have an in depth knowledge of Adobe Photoshop CS5. Within which I have learnt skills such as masking (including channel mask, and pen tool), and skin retouching (with curves or dodge and burn). I also know how to colour correct and match groups of images, and resize for web or print., - Throughout my degree course I feel I have handled my time efficiently in all of my modules. I keep on top of my work in every module and always hand in on time. I have a very methodical way of working and am very dedicated to my work.

Sector Experience

LightInk: Recently I have been doing freelance work at LightInk, a london based retouching agency. Their work is mostly fashion and beauty but I have also been doing some still life., Gareth Pritchard: I have done a small amount of paid work for freelance retoucher, Gareth Pritchard. This included initial skin retouching on portraits, fashion and beauty images. He still sends me work every now and then when he gets busy., Taylor Light: In January 2012 I did a week's work experience at the retouching agency, Taylor Light. During my time there I worked on images for a fashion editorial for Indian Vogue and a few men's portraits., Touch Digital: In March 2011 and March 2012 I did a week's work experience at the retouching agency, Touch Digital. While I was there I prepared images for the senior retoucher to work on. This involved dusting off film scans in Photo shop, masking, skin retouching, colour correction.