You could try the demo version of Portrait Professional just to play around with skin processing.
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
