Another one of Sue...different style

[NJMAN]

Thanks for the input April! Someone else that suggested too. I am going to do another version with the vignette and see how that looks. I am not understanding the part about the warmer skin tones though. I thought this was quite warm, but maybe its just my view because she naturally has very white skin tone. I may try a warming filter mask on it and see what results I can get from that.

Thanks again for the nice comments April. Truly appreciated.

 

[JubbaKing]

Tough lighting here, NG. The back lighting is nice but I think she needed some sort of fill on her face. Had you set up a white reflector on a stand it woud add more brilliance to her face...if that makes sense. You might want to tone down the green reflecting light from the bushes under her neck and on a few parts of her face and maybe burn the sun spotted part of her shirt so it is a little less distracting. Pretty nice job though, buddy. Keep em coming.

 

[NJMAN]

Thanks Jubba. I will keep them coming. As I have pointed out in another post, a reflector is next on my list. Can't wait to try it out when I get it. Studying your pics helps a lot!

NJ

 

[skieur]

regarding myself I would even go a step further and classify cosmetic manipulations on an image showing myself as an insult Not that I am perfect, but if someone does not consider myself worth being on a photograph the way I am, then he or she should not take the picture.

The accepted role of the portrait photographer is to flatter the subject. This means emphasizing the positive and de-emphasizing slight problems. It is normally done by careful choice of camera angle and lighting. Photoshop touch-up is the final stage in the process, sometimes used to cover up less than perfect camera or lighting technique or minor skin or other problems that cannot be de-emphasized in any other manner.

Whether any individual likes it or not, it still part of the basic process of professional portrait photography.

skieur

 

[NJMAN]

Your points are considered and appreciated skieur. Not to speak for Alex, but I think the distinction being made is between changing overall facial structure versus cleaning up minor skin flaws, wrinkles, or lines, which just about everyone has. I do everything I can to flatter the subject without altering their defining characteristics in a portrait.