Hello to all of you!!!
I am so glad I am a member because I have gained great
amount of knowledge and found solutions to problems
I could not even thought of.
For the last 3 years , I have worked for a restaurant where I have
met actors and performers of different types here in Hollywood
Four months ago, I mentioned to one of the waiters that
I use photoshop to retouch pictures in my spare time and
he asked me if I could retouch a portrait of his. He said he
did not like his lips in that picture and if I could even them out.
He game the picture and I worked on it. I have become a
little better at playing with PS 7 so a gave it a shot.
To make a long story short, I fixed the lips and eyes
on it---It took me a long time but I succeded. I did
not think I did a great job on it but I gave it back to
him on a cd.
I was rewarding when he said that he liked it a lot
and as a result he recomended me to his acting class.
I only charged him $ 5.00 dollars since I did not know
how much to charge for it and because I did not even printed.
Next thing, I had twenty more pictures to fix from
his acting class. (I think they all decided to send me
their pictures because I charged five bucks for the job.)
Of course I would not charge the same price
after that small masive amount of pictures.
The problem I had was how to get them printed.
I have never used a photolab to print digital photos
so I printed them on a borrowed printer.
Don't ask me how good they were! At least
I got "thank you, they look great"
To this day, I still get actors through this little job I did.
I have thought about doing some extra money with this
as a hobby for a while until I get enough work to open
a "maybe small bussiness" here in Hollywood.
Here in Hollywood pictures are used a lot even on
the web to show the actors face. Do you think
I could make some extra money here in retouching
lips and eyes for actors? This could be a good market.
I want to know if you guys can recommend a
good way to make money on this kind of retouching.
Simple eyes or lips and skin maybe
Could this be posible?
.
I worked on my brother's computer and I want to have
the right tools for it.
*What kind of computer would you recommend? PC or Mac?
*Would it be better to just play with a late version
of photoshop? PS 7, PS 6?
*Would you recomend a good scanner?
I don't know anything about printing pix so how can
I make the most out of photo lab?
Anyway, I only want to do this as a hobby for a while.
I know it would not be a full time money earning job but
it would help.
I will also try to expand this buzz of a bussiness to the spanish
market since I deal with them a lot.
I have read the "how to open a bussiness" threads and they sure
helped a lot.!!
I would apreciate any info on this matter.
Thank you and keep retouching
I am so glad I am a member because I have gained great
amount of knowledge and found solutions to problems
I could not even thought of.
For the last 3 years , I have worked for a restaurant where I have
met actors and performers of different types here in Hollywood
Four months ago, I mentioned to one of the waiters that
I use photoshop to retouch pictures in my spare time and
he asked me if I could retouch a portrait of his. He said he
did not like his lips in that picture and if I could even them out.
He game the picture and I worked on it. I have become a
little better at playing with PS 7 so a gave it a shot.
To make a long story short, I fixed the lips and eyes
on it---It took me a long time but I succeded. I did
not think I did a great job on it but I gave it back to
him on a cd.
I was rewarding when he said that he liked it a lot
and as a result he recomended me to his acting class.
I only charged him $ 5.00 dollars since I did not know
how much to charge for it and because I did not even printed.
Next thing, I had twenty more pictures to fix from
his acting class. (I think they all decided to send me
their pictures because I charged five bucks for the job.)
Of course I would not charge the same price
after that small masive amount of pictures.
The problem I had was how to get them printed.
I have never used a photolab to print digital photos
so I printed them on a borrowed printer.
Don't ask me how good they were! At least
I got "thank you, they look great"
To this day, I still get actors through this little job I did.
I have thought about doing some extra money with this
as a hobby for a while until I get enough work to open
a "maybe small bussiness" here in Hollywood.
Here in Hollywood pictures are used a lot even on
the web to show the actors face. Do you think
I could make some extra money here in retouching
lips and eyes for actors? This could be a good market.
I want to know if you guys can recommend a
good way to make money on this kind of retouching.
Simple eyes or lips and skin maybe
Could this be posible?
.
I worked on my brother's computer and I want to have
the right tools for it.
*What kind of computer would you recommend? PC or Mac?
*Would it be better to just play with a late version
of photoshop? PS 7, PS 6?
*Would you recomend a good scanner?
I don't know anything about printing pix so how can
I make the most out of photo lab?
Anyway, I only want to do this as a hobby for a while.
I know it would not be a full time money earning job but
it would help.
I will also try to expand this buzz of a bussiness to the spanish
market since I deal with them a lot.
I have read the "how to open a bussiness" threads and they sure
helped a lot.!!
I would apreciate any info on this matter.
Thank you and keep retouching

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