Meet Dave

We were lucky to catch up with Dave recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Dave, thank you so much for opening up with us about some important, but sometimes personal topics. One that really matters to us is overcoming Imposter Syndrome because we’ve seen how so many people are held back in life because of this and so we’d really appreciate hearing about how you overcame Imposter Syndrome.

Quite simply, by embracing it. If I continue to think I’m not good enough, I keep trying to be better,

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

Sometimes I make images look better. Sometimes I intentionally make them look worse (lens flare? really?). Sometimes I change colors. Sometimes I remove colors. Add things/remove things, expand images/crop images, make things out of nothing/make new things out of parts.
I take the ideas my clients have and make them real. At least, real on screen.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

1. Photographic Sense. I realized early in my college classes that I wasn’t going to be a great photographer, but I found that the skills I learned were essential to being a good retoucher. You have to know how light, shadow and color work.
2. Communication. Learning to develop a client-to-English dictionary is extremely important for each of my clients. Once I’ve worked a bit with someone I pick up what they mean by “just a skosh”, for example.
3. Efficient Hustle. I worked as line cook through college. Being in a fast-paced stressful environment taught me the value of doing things quickly and efficiently.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

I currently have a few photographers whom I work with fairly often. Getting to know their look and what they expect can be challenging at first, but the results end up being extremely beneficial to both of us. I’m always looking for more photographers to partner with. Having a skilled craftsman working on their images who knows what they want frees them up for other important tasks.
If there is anyone out there interested in partnering, I’d suggest having a look at my site or LinkedIn. See what I’ve done in partnership with other photographers and with ad agencies. Working as long as I have in advertising has taught me what make the jobs go smoothly there.

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Image Credits

John Huet, Sonya Revell

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