After learning the photoshop basics at home with the help of youtube tutorials and a lot of patience, I later worked at McCann Manchester, a world renowned Advertising Agency as a retoucher. Here I learnt the subtleties of photography retouching for a huge range of images. This included beauty, product, studio and composition photography.
Having now moved on to a Senior Design role, I find that having the ability to retouch and refine your own imagery is invaluable.
Joe Oliver 