I remember spending hours in Photoshop as a teenager, messing around in my bedroom, just having fun. It was the first design software I ever used, and I absolutely loved it. But like most beginners, I had no idea what I was doing. I made every rookie mistake in the book - and the worst part is, I carried a lot of those bad habits with me for years, even throughout my career.

I always just did things the way I’d learned early on. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until much later, after getting back into Photoshop properly, that I realised how powerful it really is when you actually use the right tools. You don’t need to be an artist or know everything (goodness have you seen me draw?!), just a sound understanding of the right tools and some proven techniques can take your work to a whole new level.

To add another layer of complexity to everything, there's so many different ways to do the same thing in Photoshop. So how you know which one to do, which tool or technique yields a better result, and why?

Well, this is one of the main reasons why I created Photoshop Like a Pro. It’s a clear, easy-to-follow course that helps you skip all the years of trial and error and jump straight into creating amazing design work - with less effort, less frustration, and much better results.

Photoshop was my first love, but it took me years to truly understand it.