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Working on portraits
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Portraits aren’t my usual thing really but when I do them I generally find them enjoyable but processing is difficult.
Learnt a bit about airbrushing today. Any thoughts on this one??
C+C appreciated, thanks :)
The original
Nice shot.
In my personal opinion the freckles are great. I would not removed them.
Blurred face does not look natural.
I would go for natural skin tones and brighter eyes like on the first one.Fist up I really like the portrait.. the toning of the first is my preference and DEFINATELY keep the freckles (they are cute) and to be honest she doesn’t look like she needs much skin work ?
Personally I find it disturbing to see skin with no pores !!! .. Play around with it and try find the balance in procesing before the skin starts looking plastic ;)
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I like it – nice shot. I agree with the other comments in that I think that the first looks a bit unnatural and over processed. The eyes look great, but the skin is a bit plastic – maybe tone it down a little to get the balance.
Great shot, really nicely captured, but i won’t repeat what has already been said
Hi Evan, what technique did you use?
I’d leave the freckles too but personally I’d probably do a small bit of retouching around the eyes and the chin area.
Great shot, closeups are my favourite. I like how your subject engages with the camera, the colour of the eyes has a nice impact.
Michelle.
Just a suggestion as I know nothing :)
but how about creating a copy with a subtle blur and then using a mask between the blured and shrap images to make hair/eyse/mouth sharp to put a gentle smooth on the skin and brightened the eyes (probably too much but its for illustration.
Peronaly I prefer to see wrinkles and freckles but my experience of doing portraits so far is that the sitter would rather be smoothed :)
p.s this was done a bit quick but is just an idea and very nice portrait btw
Thanks for the sound advice everyone. I agree the skin does look a bit over done when I think about it.
I think I’ll be lighter with the effect next time definately.Pitmatic, your method is similar to ways I’ve tried before but I found I ended up blurring details too much too that way.
the tutorial I tried was here:
I think I missed a restore details step later in the processing…hmm that might be why it’s so poreless!
I see you’re using Photoshop. I use it to soften skin, in two ways.
1. I use the clone stamp at approx 20% opacity with a soft brush. It takes a bit of practice. Pick up parts of the skin close to the area you want to clone. Keep repeating. Don’t clone the same area too many times or it starts to look fake. I like this one with kids but it wont work well with freckles.
2. Similar to the tutorial you’ve shown. Create a duplicate layer. Using the clone tool again but at a much higher opacity;about 80% and take out all blemishes. Make sure the altered layer is on top of the original, and take down the opacity in the layers palette, till you can see some of the detail of the skin underneath. I like this one for adults.
I’ll never know everything in Photoshop, there’s so many different ways of doing things…it’s just a matter of finding one that you can use to the best of your abilities.
M.
Really lovely portrait Evan.
Not a fan of the air brushing though, especially, when she clearly doesn’t need it. She’s beautiful!
And, those freckles, very cute, I’d keep them.Sinead
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