Dear Photographers

Dear Photographers!
Be nice to your retouchers!
If you are, if you bring us cookies and fruit, make us tea and ask us questions about our children, not to mention treat us to some nice hip hop or a latest CGI blockbuster update time to time, we will love you back. We will come towards you with outstretched arms and hug you and ask you about your mum's health. We will show you the latest thing in the nerdy world we call ours. But most importantly, we will make your pictures great. We will take pride in getting that last colour separation sorted, gently balancing out the skin, we will make the best mask for the hair and we will follow you on your brief and more, oh yeah, much more. We will turn your editorial into a Dior advertising campaign worth.
But if you are not... We will follow your brief. We will even smile at you and make you some tea. But dont expect any creative suggestions. No expertise for you. And when you turn around and ask - "Why my pictures look like THAT?" We will calmly reply : "This is what you wanted, this is to your brief. This is the before and after. If there is anything else you'd like me to do, you are more than welcome." And watch you trying to make the best out of your lack of ideas.
So, dear photographers, remember, retouchers are important part of your work. We are like expensive equipment. So treat us with respect and care and you'll get it right back.