Thanks for your two cents, David. I find myself leaning toward a more natural look, too. Some babies really have splotchy skin, but she was pretty clear, overall... and just so darn cute. I have no desire to go back to the days of having a baby in the house 24/7, but if I could get a handle on this skin business, then maybe I could get my "baby fix" more often.
:) -c On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:22 PM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
