what would you do?

[indiancreekmom]

Flora, that is great i love the eye lashes how did you do it?

[creeduk]

Finished this yesterday but I got side tracked and did not get a chance to post. I think flora did I great job but as I had done it I decided to post any way. I removed the old background soften the facial features, highlighted the eyes with new canned lights. The skin could go lighter if needed, I removed any fussy hair around the neck and forehead.

[Flora]

Dave, Legacy~Art, indiancreekmom,

Wow, thank you so much for your great comments!!!

I've made a 'lashes brush' which I'll post tomorrow or the day after .... (I'll be travelling from today until tomorrow afternoon ...)

See you 'guys' very soon ....

[grafx]

We all know what my side job is...LOL!

Pointers for pageants:
Fake lashes
No shadows
No stray hairs
Perfect, but with texture, skin
Vibrant
Very doll-like

[indiancreekmom]

I cant believe how great you guys are at doing these pictures there are alot of very talented people on this forum.

[MBChamberlain]

Just a few pointers on taking this type of picture:

1. Try to got even with, or a little lower than, the subject; otherwise the forehead look too large.
2. Avoid shooting straight on, doing so gives the illusion of a MUCH wider face, working from an angle is often more dramatic as well as more flattering
3. Many people (especially children), when asked to smile, tighten up the masseter muscles causing them to "bunch" around the mandible bone giving them a very puffy jaw. When people smile naturally the masseter muscles barely move and the zygomatic muscles (major and minor) do most of the work. Therefore you should not ask them to smile, but rather cause them to smile. This one just takes practice.

Hope this helps,

Michael

PS This is probably more than you wanted to know.

[indiancreekmom]

Thanks for the tips, that was the first time I was actually trying to get her to pose lol.But im glad you told me, i can see what you are talking about

[creeduk]

This is a look some model photos go for. The bleached look, I also closed the mouth a little.

[nicolburch]

used a action called raphael and that is all i did ..

[Flora]

So sorry for my delay in getting back to this Thread!!!

As promised ages ago, here are the lashes brushes I've made ....

I used the brush on a separate blank layer so I could adapt it to the eye with the Transform Tool .... I also 'played' with Blendings and Blur/Sharpen a bit ... (see attachments)

Thanks Xaran for the insight on the way to follow for this kind of manipulations and Michael for the great tips on taking this kind of pictures!!!

[Ken Fournelle]

Flora,

Thank you very much for the eyelashes brushes! I have an immediate use for them. You are very kind.

K

[creeduk]

That's great I hoped you would remember

[Gary Richardson]

Thanks for the Eyelashes. Unfortunately the zipped ones were created in CS, and will not open in PS7, so I'll copy the images you posted and create them as brushes myself.

[Dreamypix]

Thank you so much for the Lash Brushes Flora! They work beautifully!

Here's my try...

Hope you like!

Amber

[realaqu]

Thanks a lot Flora

great brush