Good Morning Folks-
I'm clued in on the remaining edits for this image: the background and clothing will remain white, the detail on the clothing will be added back in, the lipstick shade working on, tats sharpened, and the clients do not want too much blemish removal / texture smoothing. They are a yoga for everyone & anyone type of company - no perfect supreme guru gods / goddesses here.
So my question here is how do I fix the lighting balance on her forehead area. I have a whole batch of these to do. Highlight adjustment? Dodge & Burn? I tried these, but maybe just the wrong math. I am working on a skin template (what would the pro word be color profile?, LUT?), and I know the issue is going to come up again. The subject is a dark African American, the original has too much yellow and is really just nothing close to her shade. I think I nailed her complexion, but of course open to criticism. I have seen a lot of retouched black / African skin, and so many people just get it wrong, esp. when they are not a super trained professional (which I am not but cranking on it and reading Lee Varis {anyone else to add to the book list?}).
Before
After
Also, does the shadow from her hair on the right side of her face need to be removed? It doesn't add any interesting contrast, it's just there, I didn't notice it until now. How is that normally addressed, that is hair shadows on faces?
Thanks / Cheers,
-ar
I'm clued in on the remaining edits for this image: the background and clothing will remain white, the detail on the clothing will be added back in, the lipstick shade working on, tats sharpened, and the clients do not want too much blemish removal / texture smoothing. They are a yoga for everyone & anyone type of company - no perfect supreme guru gods / goddesses here.
So my question here is how do I fix the lighting balance on her forehead area. I have a whole batch of these to do. Highlight adjustment? Dodge & Burn? I tried these, but maybe just the wrong math. I am working on a skin template (what would the pro word be color profile?, LUT?), and I know the issue is going to come up again. The subject is a dark African American, the original has too much yellow and is really just nothing close to her shade. I think I nailed her complexion, but of course open to criticism. I have seen a lot of retouched black / African skin, and so many people just get it wrong, esp. when they are not a super trained professional (which I am not but cranking on it and reading Lee Varis {anyone else to add to the book list?}).
Before
After
Also, does the shadow from her hair on the right side of her face need to be removed? It doesn't add any interesting contrast, it's just there, I didn't notice it until now. How is that normally addressed, that is hair shadows on faces?
Thanks / Cheers,
-ar
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