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Hi, I’m Pete Thorne, a Toronto-based professional photographer, retoucher, VFX compositor, and AI-driven image editor and quality-control specialist. I’ve built a career spanning photography, post-production, and digital media since 2001, blending creative vision with technical precision. I’m the author of Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age (HarperCollins), represented by Inkwell Management, and my pet portraits and viral Fat Cats series have earned international attention. I’ve collaborated with Nike, Canada Goose, Canadian Tire, Nestle, Target, and more, and I’m always exploring new ways to push the boundaries of imagery through AI, VFX, and photography.…Hi, I’m Pete Thorne, a Toronto-based professional photographer, retoucher, VFX compositor, and AI-driven image editor and quality-control specialist. I’ve built a career spanning photography, post-production, and digital media since 2001, blending creative vision with technical precision. I’m the author of Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age (HarperCollins), represented by Inkwell Management, and my pet portraits and viral Fat Cats series have earned international attention. I’ve collaborated with Nike, Canada Goose, Canadian Tire, Nestle, Target, and more, and I’m always exploring new ways to push the boundaries of imagery through AI, VFX, and photography.

Pete Thorne

Photographer, Image Editor, Visual Effects Artist, +2

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Hi, I’m Pete Thorne, a Toronto-based professional photographer, retoucher, VFX compositor, and AI-driven image editor and quality-control specialist. I’ve built a career spanning photography, post-production, and digital media since 2001, blending creative vision with technical precision. I’m the author of Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age (HarperCollins), represented by Inkwell Management, and my pet portraits and viral Fat Cats series have earned international attention. I’ve collaborated with Nike, Canada Goose, Canadian Tire, Nestle, Target, and more, and I’m always exploring new ways to push the boundaries of imagery through AI, VFX, and photography.…Hi, I’m Pete Thorne, a Toronto-based professional photographer, retoucher, VFX compositor, and AI-driven image editor and quality-control specialist. I’ve built a career spanning photography, post-production, and digital media since 2001, blending creative vision with technical precision. I’m the author of Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age (HarperCollins), represented by Inkwell Management, and my pet portraits and viral Fat Cats series have earned international attention. I’ve collaborated with Nike, Canada Goose, Canadian Tire, Nestle, Target, and more, and I’m always exploring new ways to push the boundaries of imagery through AI, VFX, and photography.

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Hi, I’m Pete Thorne, a Toronto-based professional photographer, retoucher, VFX compositor, and AI-driven image editor and quality-control specialist. I’ve built a career spanning photography, post-production, and digital media since 2001, blending creative vision with technical precision.
I’m the author of Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age (HarperCollins), represented by Inkwell Management, and my pet portraits and viral Fat Cats series have earned international attention. I’ve collaborated with Nike, Canada Goose, Canadian Tire, Nestle, Target, and more, and I’m always exploring new ways to push the boundaries of imagery through AI, VFX, and photography.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Work Experience

Freelance Professional Photographer/ Retoucher/ VFX Compositor / AI Driven Image Editor and Quality Control at Self-Employed / Freelance

January 1, 2001 - Present

Freelance work across photography, retouching, VFX, AI-driven image editing and QA.

Freelance Retoucher at St. Joseph Communications

October 1, 2020 - Present

Packaging, print, and online, CMYK and RGB conversions, compositing, shadow building, color correction, layout, 3d, etc. I work closely with cross-functional teams (design, adaptive) to establish image direction and execution.

Freelance Retoucher at A Plus Creative Inc.

September 1, 2020 - Present

Packaging, print, and online, CMYK and RGB conversions, compositing, shadow building, color correction, layout, 3d, etc. I work closely with various cross-functional teams (design, adaptive) to establish image direction and execution.

Freelance Retoucher at Marks

February 1, 2019 - Present

Image Editor at Canadian Tire Corporation

June 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025

Image editing for packaging, print, and digital; CMYK and RGB conversions, color correction, layout; collaborated with cross-functional teams.

Compositor at Soho VFX

September 1, 2022 - May 1, 2023

VFX compositing

Image Editor at Canada Goose

May 1, 2020 - June 1, 2020

Image editing

Product Photographer at West 49