Do fill in hair or remove stray hairs – whichever will look best.Do whiten teeth, remove stains, and bring receded teeth slightly forward.If needed, tone the value down a little bit. Do retouch oily skin by shaping the edges of the specular highlights and softening the edges of them.Do make a boney face look more graceful by rounding the sharp angles of the lighting and softening the edges between the lights.Do soften (but not remove entirely) prominent features such as deep creases, folds, dimples, double chins, scars, and birthmarks.No matter what age group you’re retouching, keep these general concepts and guidelines in mind. Let’s start with some general tips that apply to subjects of all ages and genders. The ultimate goal is to be sensitive to your subject and retouch them with the respect and honor they deserve. These guidelines may need to be modified or substituted, as every subject and portrait is different. This is also one I definitely encourage you to download as a PDF so that you can reference it in the future as the need arises.Īs with many “rules” of art, don’t be afraid to make your own evaluations as well. You’ll find my tips separated by age group, and they’re meant to get you started thinking while working on the subject’s face. This cheat sheet guide is the culmination of things I’ve found to be generally true during the many years I’ve spent retouching people professionally. Remaining images by Dani Diamond.Whether you’re a professional portrait photographer, or the artsy one in the family that handles the photos, many mid and high-end camera owners will at one point or another need to become familiar with the basics of retouching. So if you love photography and want to take your photos to the next level be sure to check out the links below. Trust me, if you follow the instructions found in this tutorial you will be able to achieve natural looking, clear, unblemished, wrinkle free skin -you are going to love the end result. And the second link is from F-Stoppers which lists ten to fifteen tutorials from professional and semi-professional photographers that covers: skin retouching, dodging and burning (think conturing and strobing in photoshop), getting rid of redness, adding definition to hair, color balancing, adding intentional light leaks and more. ![]() So I found an alternative to this method, which is the first link listed here. I tried three different tutorials regarding this method and none of them worked for me. There is only one process that I found to not be particularly helpful, and that is the low frequency high frequency adjustment layer technique. They are step by step tutorials that if you follow them will yield promising results. Most of these tutorials do not require a lot of skill. So today I am happy to share with you some very helpful, relatively easy to follow retouching tutorials. Because in addition to a professional DSLR camera, and a quality prime lens, lots of practice shooting and even a class or two, you will also need to learn how to retouch your photos as well. You can read more about prime lenses here.Īnd of course (and you may have an idea of where I am going with this), the story does not end there. And I am happy to report that I am now the proud owner of an f1.4 prime lens. ![]() So back online I went to do some more research and I learned that beautiful photographs have more to do with the lens then the camera. Though I still struggled to capture in my photographs the engaging cinematic quality for which I aimed. So back online I went to do some more research and I discovered that beautiful photographs have more to do with the lens then the camera I still needed to look things up online but the over-all understanding of how the basic fundamentals of photography worked, came back to me. Or at least in a broad understanding kind of way. Surprisingly much of what I learned in film school (my first degree) came back to me. With much anticipation I went out and started to practice with my new camera. Well after a bit of research I discovered why and promptly went out and bought my first DSLR camera from Canon-the Rebel T3i, which I am still shooting with today. So when I first started using my fancy point and shoot and posting pictures I wondered why they did not look as nice as other photos I was seeing online. ![]() And for years (before I had smart phone) I didn’t take pictures at all. I knew little of DSLR’s and had not actually tried to shoot anything in an artistic way since a photography class I took in high school. The camera I was using was a basically a point and shoot but just a bit nicer then the average point and shoot. As many of you know I have been investing more time in photography.When I first started my blog I used an average semi high-end point and shoot camera.
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