I will be your dedicated monthly photo editor for bulk volume work

I become your dedicated monthly photo editor, handling high-volume bulk retouching on a steady retainer so your images ship on schedule, looking consistent, every single week.

If you shoot or source more photos than you can ever edit yourself, this monthly retainer puts a reliable, single point of contact behind your post-production. Instead of hunting for a new editor every time a batch lands, you send me the files, I return them polished, and the cycle repeats. The whole point is predictability: a known turnaround, a known look, and a known person who already understands your catalog by month two.

What you get

• A dedicated editor working your queue every month, not a rotating pool of strangers who relearn your style each time.
• Bulk photo editing at real volume: color correction, exposure and white-balance fixes, cropping and straightening, and consistent framing across an entire batch.
• Background cleanup and object/blemish removal: dust spots, stray hairs, sensor marks, distracting clutter, reflections, and small unwanted elements.
• Pure-white or transparent backgrounds for product and e-commerce shots (clipping-path/cut-out work) when your plan includes it.
• Skin, portrait, and beauty retouching at a natural level: evening skin tone, softening blemishes, brightening eyes, without the plastic over-smoothed look.
• A locked, written style guide built from your reference images so the 500th photo matches the first.
• Batch-consistent output: matched contrast, saturation, and tone so a full gallery or product line looks like one coherent set.
• Files delivered in the formats and dimensions you specify (JPG, PNG, TIFF, web-optimized exports, marketplace-ready sizes), correctly named per your convention.
• A simple monthly summary of how many images were processed and what's left in the queue, so nothing silently falls through.

Plans

Feature	Basic	Standard	Premium
Monthly image volume	Small batch	Medium batch	Large / high volume
Color correction & exposure	Included	Included	Included
Crop, straighten, resize	Included	Included	Included
Spot & blemish removal	Light	Full	Full
Background removal / white background	Add-on	Included	Included
Portrait / skin retouching	—	Basic	Advanced
Custom style guide	Shared template	Custom	Custom + revisions log
Turnaround	Standard	Faster	Priority
Revision rounds	1	2	Unlimited within scope
Dedicated point of contact	Shared	Yes	Yes
File naming & delivery formatting	Basic	Custom	Custom

How it works

1. We start with a short intake: you tell me your monthly volume, the kind of editing you need, your output formats, and your deadlines. You send 5 to 15 reference images that represent the look you want.
2. I build a written style guide from those references and edit a small free test batch so we agree on the exact look before committing to volume.
3. Once approved, that style guide becomes the rule book. Every batch after this is edited to match it, which is what keeps a thousand images consistent.
4. You drop each batch into a shared folder (Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, or your own system) with any per-batch notes. I confirm receipt and give you an expected return time.
5. I edit, run my own quality pass against the style guide, and deliver the finished files named and formatted exactly as agreed.
6. You review and flag anything that needs a tweak. Revisions within the agreed scope are handled inside your plan's rounds.
7. The cycle repeats every month. Because I already know your catalog, each month gets faster and more consistent than the last.

Why choose this

The biggest hidden cost in bulk editing is inconsistency. A different editor each week means a different look each week, and your gallery or storefront ends up visibly stitched together. A monthly retainer with one dedicated editor removes that: I learn your preferences once, lock them in writing, and apply them at scale. You get fewer revision cycles because the look is agreed up front, predictable turnaround because the relationship is ongoing, and a queue that simply keeps moving instead of stalling whenever you get busy. You also get an honest editor: if a batch has unusable source files, bad focus, or impossible lighting, I tell you plainly rather than burying problems in heavy retouching.

Who it's for / use cases

• E-commerce and marketplace sellers with a constant stream of product shots that need clean, white-background, uniform listings.
• Real estate and rental teams needing batches of property photos corrected and brightened on a recurring schedule.
• Photographers and studios who shoot far more than they want to spend their evenings retouching and want overflow handled reliably.
• Agencies and content teams producing social, catalog, or campaign imagery every month who need a consistent house look.
• Print-on-demand, fashion, and apparel brands needing model and flat-lay shots cleaned, color-matched, and resized.
• Anyone whose editing backlog grows faster than they can clear it and who wants a standing arrangement instead of one-off jobs.

FAQ

Q: What does "dedicated monthly editor" actually mean? It means you have a standing arrangement where I reserve capacity for your work each month and act as your single point of contact. You don't re-explain your style or rebrief a new person every batch.

Q: How do you keep hundreds of images looking consistent? We agree on a written style guide and an approved test batch first. Every later batch is edited against that same reference, and I run a quality pass to catch any image that drifts from it.

Q: How do I send you my photos, and how do you return them? You use a shared folder, Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, or your own pipeline. I confirm each batch on arrival and deliver finished files the same way, named and formatted to your spec.

Q: Can you remove backgrounds and create pure-white product shots? Yes. Clipping-path cut-outs, white or transparent backgrounds, and shadow handling are part of the product workflow, included on the higher plans and available as an add-on on Basic.

Q: Do you do heavy manipulation or compositing? This service is focused on bulk correction, cleanup, retouching, and background work at volume. Complex composites, full restorations, or artwork-level manipulation are out of scope for the retainer, though I'll always tell you what's realistic for your files.

Q: What if I'm not happy with an edit? Each plan includes revision rounds. Flag the images that need adjusting with a quick note and I'll correct them within the agreed scope. The upfront test batch is specifically there to minimize this.

Q: What happens if my volume changes month to month? Tell me as early as you can and we adjust the plan for that period. The retainer is meant to flex with busy and quiet seasons rather than lock you into a fixed number forever.

Q: My source photos are low quality. Can you fix everything? I'll improve them as far as the source realistically allows, but I won't pretend a badly out-of-focus or severely underexposed file can become flawless. I'll flag unusable shots honestly so you can reshoot or replace them.