Services

1). High-End Retouching:

  • Dell – Wide Gamut Monitor (100% Adobe98)
  • RAW processing and creating custom colour profiles for each setup (Calibrite/X-rite).
  • Clean-ups, Skin, Beauty – Retaining undertone and texture detail.
  • Matching lighting, colour temperature and seasonal grading.
  • Advertising Composites.
  • Car Composites.
  • Creating looks, custom grading.
  • Blending AI generation with image lighting/contrast/texture/grain.

2). On-set Digital Operating:

  • 21 years of on-set international production experience.
  • Full capture station + mobile laptop rig with V-lock batteries.
  • Tethered or Card capture into Capture One Pro/Lightroom.
  • Creating Sessions with metadata, keywords, EIP’s.
  • On set Grading and Printing.
  • Exposure control.
  • Sharpness checks.
  • Low res processing.
  • Daily Mood Boards.
  • Applying filmic S-curve styles for highlight roll-off.
  • Instant double data back-up to SSD.

3). Video Grading:

  • Davinci Resolve grading from RAW, Log or ProRes footage.
  • Working in Davinci Wide Gamut using linear “camera/scene centric” adjustments.
  • Film print LUT application, splitting colour from luminosity using blend modes.
  • Creating moods, creative looks, seasonal tints.
  • Matching clips in luminosity, contrast ratio and colour.
  • Over and under-exposure detail recovery.

4). E-commerce Studio Colour Workflow Consultation:

If your product colours don’t match across images, or the tones shift between platforms, you risk:

⚠️ Higher return rates

⚠️ Lower customer confidence

⚠️ A brand that feels “unpolished”

I consult with e-commerse brands to fix this.

I’ve spent 20+ years in global image production and high-end retouching, and I’ve seen how much time and money brands unknowingly lose when their content pipeline isn’t designed for accuracy and consistency.

I specialise in building reliable workflow systems that deliver accurate, consistent product imagery at scale.

What that looks like in practice:

✅ Workflow audits to identify inefficiencies.

✅ Colour & tonal accuracy pipelines (from displays → capture → retouch → delivery).

✅ Team training in software, automation, and QC systems.

✅ Evaluating studio setups – lighting, cameras, and fixed imaging machines (e.g. StyleShoots/Orbitvu).

✅ Ongoing fractional studio management if you need extra support. (Manage retouching pipelines and QC. Provide monthly reporting and continuous optimisation).

The result? A content machine that’s efficient, reliable, and most importantly, makes your products look exactly how they should.

If your e-commerce content could use more accuracy and less chaos, let’s connect. Drop me a DM on Instagram: @the_pixel_surgeon

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