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Jordan Hartley Retouch

I’m currently 25 years old living in Ontario, Canada. Aside from retouching I occupy my time with music production and DJing on the weekend even though I used to play in a metal band and have a love for all genres of music. To describe myself best I would say that I’m an efficient self teacher. Anything that I do is something that I’ve taught myself and learnt from the ground up.

Starting right out of highschool I was a bit of a nerdy science kid with a knack for physics. So logically my next step after graduating was to enrol in my physics honours at Lakehead University located in my hometown of Thunder Bay, ON. This worked well for the year of late coffee-fuelled nights that followed but by the end of first year it really wasn’t something that I could see myself doing later in life. This is where my journey into the world of photography starts. In the coming year I decided to take Multimedia Production at Confederation College but unfortunately they didn’t really cover much in Photoshop so it was time to start teaching myself. After about a year of practicing and learning I started my internship with Dexter Quinto in Toronto and things took off from there. I met many great friends who taught me more than I thought I could learn in such a short period of time.

Fast forward to present times and I’m retouching for clients from all over the world and I couldn’t be any happier!

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