Tabitha

reyvee61

From a recent shoot I did over the weekend.
I had to use my touch up skills on her complexion...please C&C at will

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Thanks

Qarik

I am digging #2

wolf911

really like the natural light! #3 for me

Darren Troy C

Really like #2. That last one would have been amazing...looks like the AF or a manual adjustment was on the sweater vest's leading edge as opposed to the eyes. I am, however, on a pretty sub-par monitor and the more I look, the more I...can't really tell. lol Anyone agree to either? The comps on the last 3 are very nice.

reyvee61

Thanks for the input guys....
Darren you are coreect on #4, I missed her eyes with the focus point but I loved the light and went ahead processed the image anyway. I knew it was off and I figured someone here would catch it...good eye.

I have a shoot tomorrow at the same location at about the same time with a differnet young lady so I'll be looking for the same light.
Tabitha was a bit of a challenge in post processing because of her acne so I got a lot of practice with her....

briandelion

Very nice! The color scheme really lends itself to the dreamy eyed feel. Good job on the pp.

TenThirteen

#4

kris10jo

you definitely found some great light. i think #3 is my fave of the bunch. well done!

zoomer

You can get away with blurring everything but the eyes. The eyes have to stay sharp.

anonymouscuban

These are great Rey. 2 and 4 for me. Seems like every time I get one shot that I absolutely love, pose, expression, lighting is just right and it's out of focus! Don't you hate that?

The eyes aren't too bad in four though. I think if you blur her shoulder a bit so the eyes are the most in focused point, it should be OK, especially at smaller print sizes.

jeffreaux2

The face is too soft in 4. #3 is my pick of the set.

FWIW....take a look at #2 compared to #4. I think the light coming from her left makes her nose look much much straighter than coming from her right. It holds true for many portrait subjects that light from one direction or other is more flattering. Knowing and realizing that can greatly improve your portraits....once you can recognize this on site.

TenThirteen

Yeah, the focus in #4 really bothers me, but I just love the soft expression and pose, so it's still my favorite. Plus, I love her hair, lol

anonymouscuban

jeffreaux2 wrote: »

The face is too soft in 4. #3 is my pick of the set.

FWIW....take a look at #2 compared to #4. I think the light coming from her left makes her nose look much much straighter than coming from her right. It holds true for many portrait subjects that light from one direction or other is more flattering. Knowing and realizing that can greatly improve your portraits....once you can recognize this on site.

Very good eye Jeff. This is something I have been trying to remember and learn. The whole point of controlling light is to make your subject look as best as possible. Often I am so wrapped up in just getting the lighting correct that I forget to really look how it affects the person. I guess this comes with experience.

reyvee61

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I appreciate everyone chiming in....

reyvee61

zoomer wrote: »

You can get away with blurring everything but the eyes. The eyes have to stay sharp.

Agree 100 percent.

anonymouscuban

Rey,

If you have another shot of her, where the lighting is close and the eyes are sharp, import the two images into Photoshop as layers and then use the Auto-Align feature in the Edit menu. You can then mask the sharp eyes in. I don't recall if the auto-align tool scales the images if they are different so you may have to align the eyes manually. Shouldn't be too difficult though.

reyvee61

anonymouscuban wrote: »

Rey,

If you have another shot of her, where the lighting is close and the eyes are sharp, import the two images into Photoshop as layers and then use the Auto-Align feature in the Edit menu. You can then mask the sharp eyes in. I don't recall if the auto-align tool scales the images if they are different so you may have to align the eyes manually. Shouldn't be too difficult though.

Is that feature available in in CS4?
Will check that out

anonymouscuban

Yes. I use CS4... haven't sprung for CS5 yet.

reyvee61

anonymouscuban wrote: »

Yes. I use CS4... haven't sprung for CS5 yet.

My ten year old has it because we got the huge discount for CS5 Extended because she's a student.
I thought I would be able to use it every now and then but she's always using it to design graphics.....so no go.

There are some incredible updates in that version for photo editing.

Jeremy Winterberg

reyvee61 wrote: »

My ten year old has it because we got the huge discount for CS5 Extended because she's a student.
I thought I would be able to use it every now and then but she's always using it to design graphics.....so no go.

There are some incredible updates in that version for photo editing.

Your ten year old is designing graphics? WTH? CS5 is amazing, I love it. I'm sure your kid loves it too.

#3 for me. I like #2, but her left hand... not doing it for me. Its like you captured the right moment a few seconds too soon. If her hand was in her hair it would be near perfection.

reyvee61

Jeremy Winterberg wrote: »

Your ten year old is designing graphics? WTH? CS5 is amazing, I love it. I'm sure your kid loves it too.

#3 for me. I like #2, but her left hand... not doing it for me. Its like you captured the right moment a few seconds too soon. If her hand was in her hair it would be near perfection.

About my little one.....
She's home-schooled so we're able to custom tailor her education as long as she does well on everything else.
She works with pixels to design her stuff....blows my mind :-)

On three, I do agree with your sentiments......

Jeremy Winterberg

reyvee61 wrote: »

About my little one.....
She's home-schooled so we're able to custom tailor her education as long as she does well on everything else.
She works with pixels to design her stuff....blows my mind :-)

On three, I do agree with your sentiments......

Get her Illustrator. She'll be much better off in the future if she learns to design in that program.

reyvee61

Jeremy Winterberg wrote: »

Get her Illustrator. She'll be much better off in the future if she learns to design in that program.

So true, that's on the agenda.

reyvee61

reyvee61 wrote: »

Is that feature available in in CS4?
Will check that out

Update:
I looked though everything I had and no go...
A lesson for the next shoot.