I'd leave the splotchy skin. No one expects babies to look perfect (unless you are shooting for child abuse pageants, then go very plastic). It's part of the kid's character.
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, > :) > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
