Do you have a picture that needs retouching or restoring but you lack the skills, time or software to do it yourself? Maybe you want to lose a few pounds, swim in turquoise water, vanquish street bums, say hi to perfect skin or say bye to bad-hair-life. Maybe you just need to repair a damaged photo or colorize a black and white picture. The bad news is that professional photo retouching can be costly. The good news is that it can also be free if you send your picture to me (rhyme not intended).

The catch

The only catch is that you will have to let me post your photo, (the before and the after), on my blog and include it in my portfolio. You get to keep the copyright.

Why it’s free

I need Photoshop skills in my job. I have seven years of digital photo enhancing experience but unfortunately, I don’t currently get to do it often enough. I don’t want to get rusty so I need to practice. This seems like a nice way to do so. Also, I just recently started this blog but after only three posts, I noticed I’m all over the place. I need something consistent. My Flickr feed is shamefully skimpy, too, because I got tired of uploading my own face.

How it works

Email me a picture using the photo submission form. I will send it back to you and post it here once it’s been retouched.

Here’s a quick example of image restoration and colorization.
Please click, don’t squint: