From: Christine Nielsen
Hi all,
Here is an image I've been working on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6329908364/in/photostream/lightbox/
My friend brought her new baby over so I could try some portraits...
the idea had been to capture some of those adorable, curled-up,
sleeping-baby poses... However, baby Dahlia had other plans, so I did
my best to roll with them.
Looking at the images, I'm finding that baby skin is tricky
business... I see a lot of newborn portraits that are over-done
(imho), in terms of skin smoothing. I did clean up minor blemishes &
spots, and tried a few other LR adjustments... but nothing really
addressed the blotchy appearance of her arms...I don't want Dahlia
here to end up looking plastic, but I don't want that issue to detract
from the image, either. I could spend all day trying out different
interventions & comparing results, but I thought I'd get some feedback
first...
Would you address the blotchy? Or leave it?
What would your go-to method be?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
I think I'd just hit it a tiny lick with Nik Filters Dynamic Skin
Softener, just enough to make the arms look as nice as the face.
Unless I was getting paid for the portrait ... in which case I'd go all
out & import it into Corel Painter after tweaking it to all hell and
gone in Photoshop.
If I'm getting paid, I want my customer to believe I'm giving them my
very best. Even if I ain't getting paid much.
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