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TenThirteen

Hello All, I have been lurking on this forum for a little while now, and was looking at one of my older pictures and thought of a question. This was taken when I first started out, and I know it has LOTS of technical issues :rolleyes, but still like it :dunno lol



My question is - To those of you that do boudoir photography, do you often photoshop out moles or freckles? Do you ask the client first? Or just wait and see if they bring it up?

I find all of her dark freckles here really distracting, is it just me? haha

thoth

TenThirteen wrote: »

I find all of her dark freckles here really distracting, is it just me? haha

I do not find them distracting at all. I prefer as little processing as possible and typically only clone permanent features at the clients request. If she had a big pimple on her forehead then I'd say go for it but she doesn't. This girl is beautiful and her moles couldn't bother me less.

Nikolai

Welcome to GF!

eleganteye

I like the muted color palette.

TenThirteen

Thanks, She has very olive/tan skin, and this desaturated treatment took a little of that distraction away :-)

Justiceiro

Photoshopping out blemishes is, to my mind, always a personal preference issue of the photographer. Also, it depends on who "the client" is. If I am photographing someone who I am paying to shoot, with model release form and all that, then I figure I own the shots and I don't generally inquire. If I am getting paid, and the alterations are serious, then I inquire. I've found, however, that unlike Cromwell (who famously wanted to be painted "warts and all") most people prefer a little touch up. Stretch marks are definitely out, as are distracting moles. Freckles, however, I usually leave, as they often really make the character of the person.

ChatKat

Natural or not
I leave the natural in but soften it to taste if they're paying. If I am doing a model shoot, I get to do what ever I want to the image.