Trying flash outdoors

Evertking wrote in post #18120446

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Nice work.

I'm liking that...for your own knowledge, try moving the flash to various places.

Yes, quality image.

Just a slight "meh" - either put the gel on the flash or warm up the lit part in the post - different temperatures are really apparent :]

I think you need to play around with the white balance a little bit

The doll rather steals the attention from the subject(s)

osh_sekta wrote in post #18120881
Yes, quality image.

Just a slight "meh" - either put the gel on the flash or warm up the lit part in the post - different temperatures are really apparent :]

I agree with Olafs. Hope you don't mind, but I did a very quick edit just so you could see the difference. If you want me to delete this, let me know.
The area on her cheek where his arm cast a shadow from the flash and her right arm are going to need special attention.

Martin Dixon wrote in post #18121457
The doll rather steals the attention from the subject(s)

Despite its sinister inference, I do think it bears a lovely rim light.

bob_r wrote in post #18121476
I agree with Olafs. Hope you don't mind, but I did a very quick edit just so you could see the difference. If you want me to delete this, let me know.
The area on her cheek where his arm cast a shadow from the flash and her right arm are going to need special attention.

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bob_r wrote in post #18121476
I agree with Olafs. Hope you don't mind, but I did a very quick edit just so you could see the difference. If you want me to delete this, let me know.
The area on her cheek where his arm cast a shadow from the flash and her right arm are going to need special attention.

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No..no.. THANKS for showing me that. I'm VERY new to this. And I LOVE the corrections you made. Now, just tell me how to do it. Lol
Thanks

One way to balance the color after the fact in your image...

Make a duplicate copy of the background and place it on top in PS. Use filter>blur>average. This will create a average color of the layer. Then add a mask and reverse the mask to hide it. Paint on the mask w/ white over your subject to add it to the skin tones. Then change the layer blend mode (soft light usually) to make it balance.

You can also try guassian blur on it instead of average and use a large setting to get smooth transistions.

Using Average and Overlay

The method w/ guassian blur works best if you remove the subject from the background first w/ a quick patch (content aware)

Evertking wrote in post #18121755
No..no.. THANKS for showing me that. I'm VERY new to this. And I LOVE the corrections you made. Now, just tell me how to do it. Lol
Thanks

Another method you can try is a simple levels white balance. Here I opened the levels properties, grabbed the white eye dropper (bottom of the three) and clicked on the baby's white waist band. I normally do this first, because it's quick and easy and in many cases will be the only adjustment needed.

Top is original; bottom with levels adjustment.