A dignified portrait

[tirediron]

Would lower the keylight just a touch so that we get some catchlights in his eyes

There are slight highlights there (not visible in this low res version), but you're right, I should have tweaked it a hair more.

 

[Derrel]

Speaking of eye catchlights and tweaking...I've been known to take the pencil tool and click-in catchlights, or to enhance or augment already exisiting but small or weak catchlights with the pencil tool and eight to sixteen clicks. How do other people approach this (this meaning creating a stronger or a totally faked catch light) on a first-shot basis? After I get a good catchlight, I will clone it then clone-stamp it in on subsequent frames, and if it looks good, I'll keep it. Not trying to derail the thread, just wondering if other portrait-oriented people have a good way to do this.

 

[tirediron]

Speaking of eye catchlights and tweaking...I've been known to take the pencil tool and click-in catchlights, or to enhance or augment already exisiting but small or weak catchlights with the pencil tool and eight to sixteen clicks. How do other people approach this (this meaning creating a stronger or a totally faked catch light) on a first-shot basis? After I get a good catchlight, I will clone it then clone-stamp it in on subsequent frames, and if it looks good, I'll keep it. Not trying to derail the thread, just wondering if other portrait-oriented people have a good way to do this.

I've done similar as well, and I will likely do something along those lines once I know which image he selects.