The Photoshop Guy Story

Randy Galligan is a photo retouching and compositing artist, specializing in the hospitality industry for over 30 years. He works with leading resorts, hotels, ad agencies and photographers in the USA and internationally.

He closely collaborates with clients, combining the photographer’s vision with sales needs. He understands that a visually enticing photograph helps a marketing team achieve increased guest relations.

Randy has a reputation for being pleasant and cooperative, even under the most demanding situations.  He meets the client’s marketing goals and most importantly, he meets deadlines. He will work 24/7  to ensure the job is done correctly. 

Beginnings:

Randy began his career as the Ship’s Photographer aboard a nuclear submarine.

Upon discharge from the US Navy, he attended Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA.   

He studied color lab technology and shortly after became the lab department head at a Los Angeles film processing firm.

Randy later opened a private custom lab catering to several well known photographers and art galleries who relied on the best in film processing and printing.

As the digital age approached, Randy explored the earliest versions of Adobe Photoshop^® as a way to offer clients creative freedom that was unheard of at the time.

The rest is history…