First Newborn shoot

[CGR]

I did my first ever newborn shoot today (I'm not a pro- this is just for my friend). Here are a few from the session. Do you all have suggestions for editing improvements? Also, I just learning Lightroom and I'm finding that I edit each photo totally different. Do you think it is better to have more continuity between the same "scenes" in a shoot? Or do you really just do what you think suits the picture? Do you think these photos look over-edited?

 

[MLeeK]

The first is adorable.
The kiss is so sweet!
The crown of the head shot doesn't work for me.
All seem rather peachy orange in color

 

[tirediron]

Moving to the People Forum.

 

[CGR]

So if the skin tone looks "off" (peachy), how do I fix that?

 

[MLeeK]

Reduce yellow a bit. Then magenta a bit. I find with newborns bumping up the luminance on the oranges helps too.

 

[CGR]

Ohh, the orange luminance was a really good tip! For some reason I'm not seeing a difference with the yellow and magenta- but I'm sure I'm doing something wrong and I'll figure it out! LOL And sorry I put this in the wrong forum- I really did scroll down and tray to find the right one. I thought since I was asking advice as a beginner that this post wasn't fit for the polished people section. Lesson learned!

 

[MLeeK]

What are you using to edit?
I actually brought the color temp (blue-yellow) down towards the blue quite a bit and reduced exposure by about 1/4 stop

 

[CGR]

Ok thanks. That looks good. I am using Lightroom 4. You you are using the first line under, Basic, Color, Temp?

 

[MLeeK]

Ok thanks. That looks good. I am using Lightroom 4. You you are using the first line under, Basic, Color, Temp?

Color temp -14 for a jpeg

 

[CowgirlMama]

I love the kiss shot! It's so sweet. The fix from MLeek makes it even more wonderful.