Wife Headshot (Skin Smoothing before/after) CC

[Geaux]

Hey guys, went out to dinner last night and figured while the wife was all dolled up, it'd be a perfect chance to take a headshot of her with some christmas bokeh Her skin isn't 'bad', but I figured I might give skin smoothing a shot. Is it overdone? Looks too fake? And how is the shot in general? Thanks.

Before:

After:

Thanks for looking

 

[pbelarge]

It seems you have lost some of the detail with the smoothing, making parts of the face a little too light. Maybe take it down a notch. And some dark space to the right that is not necessary, the star here is your beautiful wife. I do like the photo, don't take this small discussion as other than some thoughts.

 

[Geaux]

Which parts exactly of the face are you referencing? I'm new to the smoothing thing, so you'll have to point out which exact parts are too light.

Thanks

 

[pbelarge]

Around her eyes, nose and mouth.

 

[Genka81]

I think you did a lovely job with the composition. The negative space does not bother me at all. I tend to do this with my head shots also. I don't think you over did. It definitely doesn't look fake. BTW, you have a beautiful wife.

 

[rainking]

Here's my try on it.

 

[Geaux]

I dunno, that looks WAY too fake for me. Plus the coloring is very corpse-like. And a distinct coloring line across her chest lol.

 

[DerekMellott]

I like the original better.

 

[Dao]

You may need to find a way to make the iris of the subject eyes smaller. I remembered maybe like using a flash light to flash the subject eyes or increase the ambient light.

 

[PerfectlyFlawed]

Beautiful shot, gorgeous wife. i am on a cell so no CnC from me.

 

[point-&-shoot]

check this out.
Superb Skin Airbrush Technique | Photoshop Tutorials

 

[point-&-shoot]

heck ill join the re-edit party.
here's mine.

somebody elses wife... by kyle.emley, on Flickr

 

[Alter_Ego]

Your wife is hot.

 

[IceEateer]

I thought you did a fine enough job with the skin touching. It doesn't look overly processed like Women's magazine covers.

I don't know if like the black space on the right side much though, but good bokeh.

 

[oldmacman]

Your wife is stunning. You have managed to maintain the original tones with very subtle smoothing in the edit. I understand the composition choice with the lights and getting across that you are at a party. Nicely done.