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After significant experience as an in-house photo retoucher at Van Cleef & Arpels, a Parisian High Jewelry house, followed by a stint at the LACEN production studio, I now work independently, offering my high-end post-production services, primarily in the luxury, advertising, and e-commerce sectors.
Luxury / Packshot / Still Life / High Jewelry / Watchmaking / Beauty / Advertising / Fashion / Automotive / E-commerce / Design / Architecture
Personal clients: Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Van Cleef & Arpels, Decléor (L'Oréal Group), Auffret Paris.
Clients within production studios: Dior, Hermès, Renault, Alpine, Peugeot, Martell, Lancôme, Sephora, Clarins, Caudalie, Dr Pierre Ricaud, Brantano, Manucurist
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Full portfolio available upon request.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 10km)
Experience
- Maria MakarovaSelf-Employed Photo RetoucherARTS AND CRAFTSFebruary 2020 - Today (6 years and 6 months)Enghien-les-Bains, FrancePhoto retouching in the luxury sector (Still Life / High Jewelry / Jewelry / Watchmaking / Beauty / Automotive / Fashion / Packshot / Architecture / Wines and Spirits)BEAUTY / FASHION RETOUCHING (hair retouching, skin cleaning, skin texture changes, highlight/shadow correction, makeup addition/correction, body/face reshaping, color grading)PACKSHOT / STILL LIFE RETOUCHING (product clipping, background removal, product cleaning, highlight/shadow correction, text/logo mapping from Illustrator files, product color variations, e-commerce file preparation, product element recreation (box reconstruction or gemstone facet creation), multi-shot compositing)HIGH JEWELRY / WATCHMAKING RETOUCHING: cleaning, clipping, color/highlight work on gold and stones, gemstone facet recreation, adding volume to gold, recreating stone textures...AUTOMOTIVE RETOUCHING (advanced cleaning, clipping of all vehicle elements, changing various car parts using 3D files, body color change, recreating body shadows and reflections, compositing)ADVANCED RETOUCHING (integrating clipped visuals onto a background, recreating missing textures, integrating 3D elements into photo visuals (e.g., on an automotive visual), creating shadows).
- Van Cleef & ArpelsPhoto RetoucherLUXURY GOODSFebruary 2020 - Today (6 years and 6 months)Paris, FranceExternal contractorDigital retouching (high jewelry, watchmaking) for the Maison's website and Instagram.
- CartierPhoto RetoucherARTS AND CRAFTSJuly 2020 - Today (6 years)Paris, FranceExternal contractor.Digital retouching (beauty, high jewelry, jewelry, accessories) for the Maison's website and Instagram.
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Education
- RNCP Level II Title in PhotographyMJM Graphic Design2019Formation généraliste en photographie qui m’a permis d’apprendre à travailler dans les différents domaines photographiques, participer aux prises de vue des intervenants et me confronter au milieu de la photographie de reportage, de nature morte, de mode et beauté ainsi qu’acquérir de solides bases de retouche d’images.
Certifications
- RNCP Level II TitleMJM Graphic Design2019