Timothy Bennett
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Timothy Bennett

RetoucherTotnes, United Kingdom
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Timothy Bennett
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Timothy Bennett

RetoucherTotnes, United Kingdom
About me
Creative Retoucher with over 20 years' industry experience. As a fresh-faced 17 year old I replied to an advert in the local paper: ************************* * Lab Technician Wanted * * Would suit school leaver * ************************* I thought it was going to be a rubber glove factory or something, but a week later I had a job processing film and printing contact sheets for the fashion industry under Cosimo D'Aprano and the late Jeremy Ramsden . Turned out I had a knack for it, and a year or so later I moved to work under the esteemed Brian Dowling at BDi in an informal apprenticeship. Boy howdy did I learn a lot, and I was lucky to work with the absolute cream of fashion and advertising's photographers. It used to be a running joke there that I was going to be one of the last people to train professionally as an RA-4 contact printer in London. Sadly, that turned out to probably be true; but it did give me a hint as to which way the wind was blowing. I went and blagged a job with some old workmates at the newly founded Goldenshot Digital and it wasn't long before I was Head of Digital Print (at a mere 21!). I was mainly involved in digitally grading and printing large format C-types for the YBA set and other fine artists, and worked under Steve Macleod and Chris Cooke. After a few years out doing a degree and a post-grad, I ended up as Head of Media Studies in a 6th form college for a few years before returning to the post-production industry as a freelance retoucher. I then spent five years working for Metro Imaging as a Master Printer/Retoucher, producing exhibition grade digital bromides, C-types, lightboxes, and inkjet prints for the worlds leading galleries, artists, and photographers. In recent years I've had a stint as the Senior Retoucher for Pro:Direct Sport producing bespoke high-end creative and e-commerce imagery and redesigning their entire workflow from the ground up to be powered by a custom Photoshop software solution I developed. Sufficed to say that working with images is second only to sleep in my life. I now live and work out of sleepy Totnes in South Devon (but it's ok, I have good broadband here!)
Projects
  • Nike Just Do It Pack
    Nike Just Do It PackCGI lighting renders and image compositing. Produced for Pro-Direct Sport
  • I Heart Robot - Red Thread Journal
    I Heart Robot - Red Thread JournalBeauty and fashion retouching for Alyssa Boni.
  • Mr Mkhize's Portrait - Broomberg & Chanarin
    Mr Mkhize's Portrait - Broomberg & ChanarinColour grading of 5"x4" drum scans for exhibition prints and lithographic book.
  • Adidas Predator
    Adidas PredatorCGI render of glowing claw marks and image compositing. For Pro-Direct Sport
  • Grayson Perry - Divided Britain
    Grayson Perry - Divided BritainPress still for Channel 4 documentary. Colour grading and Image compositing. Concept and photography by Richard Ansett
  • Vans Lookbook
    Vans LookbookBeauty and fashion retouching for Pro-Direct Sport.
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Work history
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    RetoucherTimothy Bennett Retouching
    Totnes, United KingdomFreelance
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    Senior RetoucherPro:Direct Sport
     - Newton Abbot, United KingdomFull Time
    I was the Senior Retoucher for the £100m online retailer of sporting goods. I was responsible for all creative retouching for advertorial imagery, creative artworking, and I had technical oversight over the ecom retouching department. I jointly redeveloped their styleguide and retouching workflow from the ground up, and increased productivity by over 100%. I supported this by developing a custom Photoshop plugin to manage the retouching production process.
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Education
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    Bachelor of Arts (BA) London College of Printing
     - London, United Kingdom
    Digital Media Production