Pride And Joy

[IzzieK]

Good thread...

Kevin, I am late to this thread but I like #1 because your shot of your daughter is really good there as William said. And as like everybody, I like #2 too because of the spontaneity of the pose of your granddaughter. She is very pretty.

[kdoc856]

Thank you, Izzie

[KimC]

Thank you for sharing this Bill. Yes, I remember those adjustments you made :-)

I used Photoshop.

The main element is localized BURNING on the cheeks (and mouth): Midtones @ 10% @ Hardness 3% (Note that is quite a MINOR/SUBTLE adjustment) (one pass on the mouth/lips and two passes on the cheeks)

Also (and I've done this to a couple of your images) I DODGED the whites of her eyes: Midtones @ 18% @ Hardness 1% (two passes)

I also adjusted the MID TONE CONTRAST in the SHADOW HIGHLIGHT menu (from memory it was about +9) The reason for that is give a bit more kick to the SOFT FRONT light.

Then the LOCALIZED SHARPENING on the face just makes her 'pop' a bit more.

I think that's it. What I have learned is, the main trick is to make any DODGING and BURNING and/or SHADOW and HIGHLIGHT adjustments in really small increments and if more is required then do a small increment again.

WW