Working on Portrait PP

Gregoryniss

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Nikon D200
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ 2.8
ISO 100

The actual picture was kind of taken as a joke, but i thought i'd try my best at post processing it.

My first real try at PP'ing a portrait. The only lighting was a hand held sb-800 (triggered via on-camera flash at EV -2.0) around 30 degrees left and a little above the subject.

To edit i removed blemishes, then did surface blur & gaussian blur and the masked over the lips, hair, and eyes. Then i made the eyes whiter and sharper and darkened the background, then did some dodging and burning.

I know this isn't my best work, but i'd like to get some feedback and any tips that people have for me. How can I make his skin tone more even in color? Also, i feel like i could've done something better with the hair, but maybe that is more of a lighting issue than PP.

I'm looking into doing senior pictures and portraits in the future for friends so anything helps!
 
Generally it is ideal to show the before picture so folks can see how "well" you did the removal of blemishes, wrinkles etc.
 

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