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Melissa C.

Gisborne, New Zealand

$28/hr
5.0
6 jobs

With almost a decade of professional experience behind the lens, I bring both technical expertise and creative intuition to every project. Over the past 10 years, I’ve completed 18 photography courses covering shooting techniques, composition, lighting, and advanced editing — with hands-on experience across portrait, landscape, product, and food photography and food styling. My approach combines strong visual storytelling with a deep understanding of light, detail, and mood. Whether capturing people, places, or products, I focus on creating images that feel intentional, polished, and authentic — not just visually appealing, but purposeful. I also have a passion for cooking and can offer this to go with lifestyle product photography if your product is food related or if recipe photography is required remotely. All the food photos I have displayed, I have made myself. Through all the many photo sessions I have done from Family photos, food and products, landscapes and studio one common factor is editing. Everything I do I edit, and I have developed my very own style that I like to call ' Bold Natural' using Adobe lightroom and Photoshop. Editing is my most enjoyed part, bringing the whole vision to life and giving it the finishing touch and making magic from not much. So, it is also my greatest joy to offer edit only jobs as well as shooting and editing. My rate reflects over 10 years of experience and a fully custom editing workflow, where every image is individually hand-edited for color, light, and consistency — never batch presets.

  • Photo Editing
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Image Editing
  • Photography
  • Photo Manipulation
  • Photo Retouching
  • Food Photography
  • Product Photography
  • Portrait Photography
  • Lifestyle Photography
  • Compositing
Maria Ligaya B.

Christchurch, New Zealand

$15/hr
5.0
25 jobs

Hi, I am Maria and I present myself as a skilled Photo Editor and retoucher (with Experience in Virtual Admin Assistant) with a keen eye for beauty and images that resonate. With a strong work ethic, a high level of organization, and an exceptionally calm manner, I juggle multiple jobs and meet deadlines with ease. - Wedding photography editing - Headshot - Professional portrait retouching - Newborn & Family session retouching - Maternity - Lightroom post-processing - Color correction - Fashion Photo retouching - Frequency separation - Sharpen - Photo Color Correction and Toning - Color & Lighting Enhancement Not only have I edited for print and web over the last five years, but I have also assisted and run photoshoots and has often worked directly with clients to great success. Here are some of the skills and achievements I will bring: Seamless workflow management Excellent photo retouching Proficiency with Adobe image software Image editing Color correcting Image archiving I’d be happy to provide greater detail about my skills and experience during an interview. Please call me at your earliest convenience. I have also worked as a Freelance Photographer for Magazine and Content Creator for some travel and mobile companies; this gave me the experience and ability to realize and capture compositions, showing the world what the human eye can sometimes not see. I took fancy to a camera when I first traveled to Europe. From just capturing the beautiful architecture of Rome and the vast landscape of Italy, I became fascinated with how powerful images can do to my mental well-being. I became passionate not only about taking pictures of my experiences but also falling in love with the whole process of learning composition and telling stories through photographs. As my passion for photography grows, I enrolled in a photography course at International Career Institute, a distance learning. The training further helped in getting acquainted with the sense of composition, playing with colors, understanding the difference between black and white and colored images, familiarizing myself with photo-editing tools and software, using light to the best of my advantage, experimenting with different angles while shooting landscape photographs, and much more. Understanding that a photographer nowadays needs to have a technical hold on things, I am comfortable operating photography equipment and related software that is used to process quality photographs i.e. Photoshop, Lightroom, and InDesign. Owing to my passion, I work continuously to learn new things to make my work professional.

  • Photo Editing
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Filters
  • Image Editing
  • Photo Color Correction
  • Photography
  • Digital Photography
  • Wedding Photography
  • Image Processing
  • Bookkeeping
  • Accounts Payable Management
  • Accounting Basics
  • Accounts Payable
Diego L.

Queenstown, New Zealand

$20/hr
4.6
4 jobs

I am a professional filmmaker with more than 9 years of experience in sound, video and photo making and editing, I use to use Adobe platform and Avid Pro tools. I am from colombia but currently living in New Zealand 4 years ago. I am very responsible and I enjoy delivering my tasks full finished and on time and with flexibility to make some changes as it necessary for the last results. The most important is to have satisfied customers.

  • Photo Editing
  • Ambient Sound Design
  • Video Editing & Production
  • Video Editing Software
  • Photo Editing Software
  • Sound Design
  • Sound Art
  • Custom Sound Effects
  • Sync Sound
  • Video Intro & Outro
  • Prop Sound Effects
  • Video Commercial
  • Video Capture Device
  • Video Editing
Evgeniia K.

Lower Hutt, New Zealand

$30/hr
5.0
22 jobs

Hello! I have been working as a photo editor for over 5 years. Throughout this time, I have studied and successfully applied the most effective and cutting-edge techniques for image retouching. I have delved into color theory and the fundamentals of composition. Since 2022, I have been actively exploring the development and application of artificial intelligence in image creation and processing. I am fascinated and inspired by modern technologies, and my exceptional perfectionism drives me to strive for even higher quality and efficiency in my work

  • Photo Editing
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Background Removal
  • Photo Color Correction
  • Photo Manipulation
  • Photo Retouching
  • Retouching & Enhancement
  • Color Correction
  • AI-Generated Art
  • Color Balancing
  • Collage
  • Photo Editing Software
  • Color & Material Change
  • Jewelry Retouching
Daniel M.

Rotorua, New Zealand

$8/hr
5.0
1 jobs

Hi! I’m Daniel — a portrait, travel and landscape photographer currently based in New Zealand. I specialize in portrait retouching, Airbnb/real estate photo editing, and travel/nature photography editing, as well as short-form video editing for social media. I can help you with: 📸 Portrait & Headshot Retouching • Natural skin retouching (no plastic look) • Color correction and toning • Texture preservation • Background cleanup • Editorial or professional style 🌍 Travel, Nature & Landscape Photo Editing • Enhancing colors and atmosphere • Making landscapes more vivid and clean • Adjusting shadows, highlights and sky tones • Removing distractions in nature scenes • Perfect for travelers, bloggers, tourism brands and creators 🏠 Airbnb & Real Estate Photo Editing • Bright, modern, clean style • Perspective correction • Color and exposure adjustments • Object removal • Lightroom + Photoshop professional workflow 🎥 Short-Form Video Editing (Reels/TikTok/Shorts) • Dynamic or aesthetic edits • Color grading • Music sync & pacing • Captions and text • Clean, modern style ⭐ Why work with me? • Photographer with real-world experience (portraits + travel) • Clean aesthetic and natural editing • Fast, clear and friendly communication • Detail-oriented and reliable • Professional results delivered quickly Let’s work together — feel free to message me anytime.

  • Photo Editing
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Lightroom
  • Photography
  • Photoshoot
  • Portrait Photography
  • Color Grading
  • Editorial Fashion Photography
  • Real Estate Photography
  • Event Photography
  • Nature Photography
  • Model Photography
  • Photo Editing Software

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