Joy Hamel in Madison, WI | Username premediaarts - MysticTweets

Joy Hamel

Female

During my first year of art school I took my first Photoshop class. I knew I was in trouble when, at the end of my first semester, I was better at wielding the all mighty pen tool than my instructor. That was the beginning of my love affair with Photoshop. I wanted to use Photoshop on every project I created. I have been working with Photoshop since version 4, or 1995... wow 15 years, and I still love photoshop today as much as I did then. I am a painter, photographer, retoucher and lover of color. My journey with photoshop has taken me many places. I've taught photoshop, worked on everything from museum quality fine art reproductions to educational publishing, and over to high-end retouching and color for top photographers and corporations. I've used Photoshop as a creative tool and a production tool. Now I am a creator and manipuator of images ... the love affair continues read more ...