I have just tried processing some headshots myself and find it really difficult to strike a balance. For me though these are too over processed for my liking.
The skin does not look natural and is very porcelain looking – this is particularly evident in the arms in the first one. You definitely get away with it more in the desaturted image (#5).
Marty,
Have to agree I think they are over cooked a bit. I really like the portraits particularly 2 and 4 any chance of seeing them all again without the processing. She is a very pretty girl, with lovely eyes I personally don’t tink she needs much work done to bring it all out.
Agree with chaps above, i think the subject and images do not need this amount of processing. They all looks stroing and normal workflow would be great
That said, i really like three – the eyes are great
The eyes almost “jump out” of these shots. They look lovely and sharp, but maybe a bit too sharp for my taste because of the skin smoothing. Less processing would definitely better. Lovely model