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OOH, SHINY!

I make beautiful, memorable images. I rescue bad pictures. I find ways to make photos both appealing and functional. I help photographers realize their vision and make their lives easier, so they have more time to get out there and shoot. I make my home at the intersection of art, technology, and practical necessity. I'm a photo retoucher and I love what I do. Find out more about me or just get in touch.

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About Me

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ABOUT ME

I'm currently working as a full-time freelance photo retoucher, mostly for local professional photographers throughout Southern California, sometimes on site, sometimes remotely. My current clients are mostly family and portrait photographers, although lately I've been branching out and working with an architectural photographer as well, which I love. I also do occasional design and photography work as requested by my clients, as well as some light web stuff (i.e. blog posts and such).

MY BACKGROUND

I began my retouching career working in a production line environment for a school portrait company, but since 2009 I've been freelancing as an independent retoucher for a variety of local professional photographers. Before that, I studied digital arts at Orange Coast College and Golden West College.

 

ABOUT THIS SITE

This website is based off of Pixelcraft's Minimo theme, as modified by me. Slideshows use prettyPhoto, a jquery-based lightbox clone.

MORE THAN REAL, MY BLOG

I write about photography and photo retouching on my blog More Than Real. In addition to photography and photo retouching techniques, I write about photo retouching culture, art, design, and other fun related ephemera.

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Other Work

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RETOUCHING'S MY PASSION, BUT...

I have other skills that make me a useful person to know. For example... I'm a total design nerd, an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and plenty web-savvy. My other skills and interests have enhanced my usefulness to my clients.

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Elsewhere on the web

RECENTLY ON MY BLOG

Lots of stuff! Check back soon.

ON TWITTER

http://twitter.com/cogentcolor

ALSO

Check out my netvibes for universe-devouring quantities of Photoshop, design, photography, etc. content.

 

Have a need for my skills? Get in touch.

CONTACT ME

If you have a project you would like to talk to me about, please contact me using this contact form. Fields marked with * are required.

Or email me directly at cogentcolor@gmail.com.

FYI

I'm currently available for freelance gigs, both short- and long-term.

I don't do spec work. Ever. Please, serious inquiries only.

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Cogent Color © Heather Young 2009-2010.