digital portrait retouches

[azntaiji]

Bought this book - amzn.com/032172554 Awesome book!

Been practicing, there are my first two.


Yesica - Photo Retouch #2 by azntaiji, on Flickr


Megan - Digital Photo Retouching #1 by azntaiji, on Flickr

 

[shootermcgavin]

Nice, the link didn't work so not sure what exactly you were doing but I'm guessing some skin softening. The second one for me needs to be a bit higher angle, her arms are kind of lost in the grass.

 

[azntaiji]

oops haha. here's the book: Amazon.com: Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop (Voices That Matter) (9780321725547): Scott Kelby: Books

yeah a little bit of everything, more info on what i did on the flickr page

 

[michalslowik]

Hey Azntaiji,
I like 1st image most. Good job with teeth, lips and eyebrows. I think though you've gone a bit too far with skin softening in both photos. Especially in the second one. Try to look up for softening techniques without loosing skin texture.
If you whitened the eyes, which I presume you did, watch out there as well. The point is to make subtle changes that are hard to notice but in the end make a difference.
Posting finished photo along with an original one would be great too.

Regards,
M.S.

 

[Jethro]

In my opinion, retouching should be done in the way that the people looking at the picture wont notice anything, or at least not right away. These are however VERY noticeable and look overbaked and unnatural to me. Though the first picture would be really nice without it.