My love for digital retouching/editing has been slow going. I have a hard time sitting in front of a computer for hours practicing my bad posture. Within an hour I begin having periodic moments of intense flailing in an attempt to fight off the insanity creeping in. BUT, I will say, that after putting in 10, 20 hours of editing and finishing an image, it’s worth it—for about a second. For our last assignment in Digital Imaging we had to make a composite using at least six different photos. I learned a whole lot about Photoshop trying to put this composite together. I was forced to learn different techniques to get the look I was going for. I can’t say I would want to create images like this a lot, but I am glad that I know I would be able to make it look like I was hanging out with my zoo homies if I ever needed an alibi.
Abbi O'Leary Photography 