Portrait of wife..(DONT TELL)

[krfessl]

Hi Keith,

Possibly the first thing you'll need to sort is your white balancing; these two are a classic - both of the same great lady, but completely different colourings.

Note: Probably better to start a new thread if you need expansion on that.

Thanks Colin... I saw that big disparity just as the images popped-up in the post... Looking at them separately in simple photo viewer as I selected them from my CFO set I thought it was just the very different light (one on my deck under a cabana in high sun, the other in Boston at a street cafe) as they were not near each other in the folder I didn't realize it was WB, so a new thread to discuss would be great... 5am here and about to head for airport, but will do so later... Thx!

[Colin Southern]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! awesome awesome awesome.. now at least i can see how far behind i am in editing as well :0. Great job. thank you..May i ask how you went about? I really liked that you warmed the image up..the work under the eyes is fantastic, her eyes seem to have more light..and her lips look soooo much better..awesome work. Its like her with a little more make up on..spot on Colin..ty.the more i look at it the more it seems to radiate..and look crisper..do you sharpen portraits?

You gonna have to let me know how you did this now..do you realise that

Damn, the explanation usually take longer than the edits!

Quite a few things ...

In ACR I pushed the exposure about 2 stops - brought down the brightness to restore midtones - and used a couple of GND filters to knock back some areas. Colour temp "as shot"

In Photoshop, capture sharpening, content sharpening, blemish removal, eye enlargement, face thinning (shhhh), eye whitening, skin softening, crop, eye enhancement (sharpen - dodge).

Sorry, 11:22pm here at the moment, and I'm falling asleep. How about next time you shoot her, zoom out to at least a head and shoulders if you're going to use the same aperture - preferably use a tripod and F8 as well if you can, and I'll do another edit and go into more detail. Deal?

[krfessl]

Also, quick Q: I assume you mean WB in the camera (they may be diff cameras, need to check the data/dates)... And that this can be corrected in LR typically?

[Colin Southern]

Also, quick Q: I assume you mean WB in the camera (they may be diff cameras, need to check the data/dates)... And that this can be corrected in LR typically?

WB is easy to correct in LR / ACR - IF - you have an accurate reference. Most folks would try to include a spectrally neutral reference such as a Whibal card in a test shot taken under the same lighting. ExpoDisk is another alternative for custom in-camera white balancing, but it's no good if you're also using a flash.

[ClaudioG]

Awesome stuff Colin thank you!! You'll be hearing from me soon

[krfessl]

WB is easy to correct in LR / ACR - IF - you have an accurate reference. Most folks would try to include a spectrally neutral reference such as a Whibal card in a test shot taken under the same lighting. ExpoDisk is another alternative for custom in-camera white balancing, but it's no good if you're also using a flash.

Thx Colin, yet again! I do have a WhiBal card now, but didn't when these were shot (part of the mega-gear upgrade) :-)

Yet anther part of the equation to learn how to use And use RIGHT