What would you do to prevent this OR fix this

[Rosy]

I took some pictures of my friend's baby while she was visiting. No special lighting, just snapping away. The baby's skin is very fair and blotchy. Could this be avoided to some extent prior to the shoot/would special lighting help?? Or do I have to rely on PP

Please give me your opinion, because she wants to come back for more...

PS...I converted the raw file to Jpeg and did NO touch ups, wanted you guys to have the original image


_DSC0701 test by casualapproach, on Flickr

AFTER Reading Heitz's recommended tutorial. STILL needs some work, but better


_DSC0701 by casualapproach, on Flickr

 

[Heitz]

Yikes - well, the good news is that you have great raw material, but you're right, that red splotchiness has to go. The quick and dirty way in LR would be to reduce the saturation of the red channel and perhaps also reduce the clarity. If you have Photoshop, look up some video tutorials on skin smoothing. Some of these require using a luminance mask specifically on the Red channel of the RGB, because many skin imperfections tend to be localized to the red channel. But once you deal with this, the shot is going to be great!

 

[Heitz]

Here is a good one:

 

[Rosy]

thank you Heitz. YIKES is well stated. I personally used a different term when i saw it. Luckilly, Mom was no where around

I have LR and Photoshop. Will try both

 

[Heitz]

I'd love to see what you come up with! The tutorial I posted is a good one that I use here and there, with quite good results.

 

[Rosy]

Yep, just saw it. Taking notes and starting to work, I'll post the PP one afterwards. Thank you again!

 

[651stp]

it was actually pretty easy to fix with just the healing tool, i did the edit in LR which doesnt even have as much power as photoshop heal tool and choose a good spot then boom.

 

[manaheim]

You could also airbrush these fairly easily.

BTW, I think a big part of your problem is it LOOKS like you popped a flash directly in the child's face, and that will tend to amplify any blotches. Get a flash you can bounce off a ceiling or wall and/or us a diffuser.

 

[CA_]

This is a really easy fix in post. Don't sweat it.

 

[Rosy]

You could also airbrush these fairly easily.

BTW, I think a big part of your problem is it LOOKS like you popped a flash directly in the child's face, and that will tend to amplify any blotches. Get a flash you can bounce off a ceiling or wall and/or us a diffuser.

Very true...I plan on using OCF on the next go around... thank you

 

[Rosy]

it was actually pretty easy to fix with just the healing tool, i did the edit in LR which doesnt even have as much power as photoshop heal tool and choose a good spot then boom.
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37006"/>

Thank you

 

[Rosy]

it was actually pretty easy to fix with just the healing tool, i did the edit in LR which doesnt even have as much power as photoshop heal tool and choose a good spot then boom.
<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37006"/>

What version of LR do you have

 

[cgipson1]

Image is so small I had to dig out my reading glasses... lol!

my take:

 

[Rosy]

Image is so small I had to dig out my reading glasses... lol!

my take:

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=37053"/>

Awesome Charlie
Now what did you do to those eyes????

 

[Lmphotos]

Image is so small I had to dig out my reading glasses... lol!

my take:

View attachment 37053

Something is off between my monitor and yours because she is red here :S