quick portrait of my niece

done using natural light. mostly frequency separation and some basis PP.

Pretty girl.

There seems to be something a little hinky going on on her left cheek. There is a fairly clear light-dark delineation. Also, the overall lighting is kind of non dynamic. She seems to have very pretty skin that could be shown a bit better.

Did you shoot more?

oh yes i shot a ton more. this was just a quick edit i did. she wanted me to take some pics for her sweet 15th invitations. i know what you mean about the cheek. she does have dimples which helps create the shadows on her cheeks. stupid me though deleted the photoshop file bc this was just a quick edit so now i have to do it all over again.

this was all natural lighting but i guess i should have paid more attention to light falling on her face.

her skin is actually very rough right now as she is going through her teen years with pimples and stuff. i just managed to clean it up real nice. i will try to post more tomorrow.

Quick edit...why quick...why not do it right?

I like the shot except 1) I would think about cropping off a bit more from the left side and 2) I'd tone it down a bit on the skin smoothing, particularly on her cheek bones.