The appreciation of another genre of photography

Caporegime
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The appreciation of a portrait photographer...

I shoot weddings, weddings is about moments, although there are editing involved, it not often involves the use of PS. I could easily edit an entire set of wedding photos in LR and not have to go into PS. Most of the work can be handled by LR normally.

However, in portraiture, I really got deep into skin work this weekend after shooting some product shots for some knitwear., this means PS.

Spot healing, healing brush tool, some liquify, clone tool, frequency separation, dodge and burn, catch lights enhancements, face contouring, teeth and make up enhancements, sharpening.

The aim/key is subtlety, not to look plastic.

This image below I spent 90mins on, probably one of the longest I have ever spent on a single image. She didn't have any make up which made my job actually a lot more challenging. And that was using a Wacom Intusio, if It was all done by a mouse it would probably have taken even longer with all that clicking. It's pretty much my 3rd go, still learning! /note to self, get a MUA next time!

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Any of you guys step out of your comfort zone and tried something new and thought...this isn't as easy as you'd think?
 
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Would it be strange to say I've done hardly anything on the eye...? Here are some but more like 20 seconds of touch up vs 89min of skin work.

I find the comment about natural skin and bags under the eyes amusing because "the natural skin" is actually been through a lot of work....so I guess job well done that they still look natural lol and I resisted removing the bags under the eyes as taking them away would surely look fake.
 
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