Sometimes, a situation arises in which retouching is necessary. When it comes to exceptional images, Photoshop expertise makes all the difference. Hiring a photographer who is a skilled Photoshop expert offers a significant advantage. Rich’s strategic approach involves capturing additional images during the photo shoot, allowing seamless editing. This proactive method ensures much faster and higher-quality results.

Without those purpose-captured images, a retoucher has limited material, which slows the editing process, increases costs, and often leaves obvious signs of retouching. Quindry’s expertise in Photoshop and other advanced editing applications makes your images believable and undeniably striking.

A client in Atlanta contacted Rich to photograph a distribution center about a two hour drive away. They informed him that the center was ready for photography and needed to be promoted immediately due to its enormous financing costs.

Rich drove to the site and discovered that the landscaping was unfinished. Moreover, the tree in front of the office area was dead. While he knew someone would take care of these issues before potential buyers inspected the property, he realized the images couldn’t be delayed. In addition to all of the other retouching, Rich hand-painted the leaves on the dead tree.

Rich is often called on to photograph large pieces of industrial equipment on location. This was shot at the assembly site. The panels were held in place by a few bolts and clear tape while they tested the unit for proper functioning. The panels needed to be removed before shipping the unit to a client in another state, where it would be reassembled.

This prototype was photographed for a trade show display. Unfortunately, the prototype was rushed out and lacked the desired fit and finish the final product would have. When you greatly enlarge a product for a large display, flaws that often aren’t even visible to the naked eye become very objectionable. Enhancing and retouching with Photoshop is a must.

Watch photography involves complex problems. When the lighting is beautiful for one portion of the watch’s surface, it will make other areas look terrible. The watch’s crystal reflects the light with a glare when the lighting is best for the hands and the hour markers. A leather band requires completely different lighting than a metal bezel. Because of this, each section of the watch is lit independently of other areas and then combined in Photoshop.
This image is a composite of about a dozen photographs, each with different lighting.

This image was created by compositing several photos taken over a two hour period. The interior was photographed after dark to capture details inside the building.

Rich did additional retouching to remove the car, add flowers, enhance the sky, pump the color, clean the curb, etc.

Because Rich is both a photographer and a Photoshop expert, he can do it all invisibly and believably.

The only other way to do this is to light the inside of the building with studio flash units triggered remotely by radio. This requires a crew and much more time to set up and break down. Even then, it’s challenging to make the lighting look natural.

Rich created this image for an ad announcing the merger of two oil refining companies. 

It takes more than what most product photographers or Photoshop experts can do to get these results. Advanced projects like these require ad agencies to combine product photographers with a Photoshop artist present at the photoshoot. Paying two professionals doubles the required hours when one person can do it all.

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“Rich, I bought another restaurant today. I need it shot right away to meet a Philadelphia Magazine ad deadline.”

Rich was hired by a water utility company to photograph its substantial infrastructure improvements. When he arrived at a deep excavation below street level, thick clouds of dust billowed from the hole.

Eager to capture the scene, Rich descended into the pit during the workers’ break and arranged them to achieve the desired composition. He then asked the jackhammer operator to briefly operate the tool, hoping to capture a realistic burst of dust. However, the jackhammer struck solid rock, producing minimal dust.

Undeterred, Rich later used Photoshop to digitally enhance the scene, artfully adding the dramatic dust effect he had envisioned.

Photos of new employees can be done less expensively in Rich’s studio while still matching what he’s previously shot on location.

Your images only matter if you want more sales.

Make-up artists are not required. This speeds up photoshoots.

This background was made to match the company’s logo color.