Digital Toolbox Special: Photoshop at the Pro Level

As photographers, many of us use Adobe Photoshop all the time, but rarely do we take it to the heights the pros do. Their work, which has created and perfected almost every advertisement you see these days, is so seamless that even the most well-versed Photoshopper might be hard pressed to figure out how they were made. So I asked Robert Bowen, a master compositor and retoucher who works for high-end advertising clients, to show us how he accomplished a few of his favorite composites. Then I got him to reveal some of his best tips and techniques so you can boost your skills, too. —Debbie Grossman

Click through the slideshow to see how Bowen created this image in Photoshop.