Crafting Your Art and Career With Intent with Pratik Naik

Pye Jirsa

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On Think Stupid Simple, we had with us Pratik Naik. Pratik is one of the top retouchers in the industry with an extensive portfolio and client list of some of the best photographers around. His passion for retouching has evolved into his own boutique retouching agency as well as a full retouching education series in collaboration with The Portrait Masters. In addition, Pratik is the founder of Infinite Tools and Infinite Color,  Photoshop tools designed to open up advanced level retouching and color grading to photographers of all experience levels.

In the podcast, we discuss Pratik’s extensive background working with some of the top photographers, his principles behind his education, his own framework for creativity, and how he developed his various education platforms.

About the Podcast

If you haven’t heard, we’ve launched a new podcast called Think Stupid Simple. It’s a place to have authentic long-form conversations with inspiring individuals across all walks of life. The goal is to uncover the stupid-simple truths that can help us all lead happier and more successful personal and business lives.

Tune in every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a new episode!

How to Listen and Connect

➜ Visit our Website: https://thinkstupidsimple.com/
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➜ Listen on Apple: https://thinkstupidsimple.com/apple
➜ Listen on Spreaker: https://thinkstupidsimple.com/spreaker
➜ Listen on Google Podcasts: https://thinkstupidsimple.com/google
➜ Listen on Youtube embedded below or click here to subscribe

Full Episode on Youtube

Excerpts from the Episode

If you’re short on time, we’ve included a few of our favorite snippets from the full episode below.

Developing Creativity

Why We Teach

Learn more about Pratik’s work on his website as well as his Instagram and visit his education on the Portrait Masters, Infinite Tools, and Infinite Color. For more episodes, be sure to subscribe on your podcast platform of choice.

Pye Jirsa

Pye Jirsa is the co-founder of SLR Lounge and Lin & Jirsa Photography, one of Southern California's most recognized wedding photography studios. He is the creator of SLR Lounge's full educational library and has trained over 20,000 photographers since 2008 across lighting, posing, editing, and business strategy. He is also the co-creator of Visual Flow Presets and has spoken at WPPI, PPA, CreativeLive, Fstoppers, and Adorama.

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