Rudy

Had company tonight so I took advntage to get in a practice shot but it was a quick one.

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good portrait,sharp and most of all i like ur ligthning...good job mate =)

Thanks aRKay - Thought I would try a B&W conversion

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not bad .but i like the color ver.thanks for sharing of ur work..=)

Let me chip in as a woman's point of view. The Looking up from under the chin is very unflattering. Personally, I always make sure my clients are straight on or slightly downward. She has a tiny little double chin, which you could get rid of with liquify and clone very easily. I am not sure if you did retouching to her skin but I'd get rid of the double chin and maybe soften the lines under the eyes. If I saw this as a photo of myself, it may make me feel bad. She's obviously a pretty woman, but I think the angle is wrong.

Thanks for you input auroraskye, I see what you are saying.

#1 I think I was shooting from to low of a position. I have a habbit of that because I have a low ceiling on the area of the fill light and I try to keep the camera in axes or below the line of light. I am going to have to work on fixing that.

#2 I had her tilt her head to the key side just a bit and down and it is pronouncing the double chin . If I had her lift instead of tilting down it would have streched it out a bit.
When shooting woman , what position is best for the head ?

#3 Eyes, easy fix

Thanks for you input, good thing this isn't a paid shoot and it was just a practice. Practicing is all of what it is about. Working out the mistakes.

I did a little PS work, does this look any better ?

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did pp by warping?ore in what way? =)

aRKay wrote in post #4935763
did pp by warping?ore in what way? =)

Are you asking about fixing the double chin ?

Greg Jones wrote in post #4935884
Are you asking about fixing the double chin ?

You are a real good plastic surgeon!

Regardless, the original photo is great, excellent lighting, colors, etc. Also, it's refreshing to see photos of adults in this forum.

Thanks Rafromark for the nice remarks.

Greg Jones wrote in post #4935884
Are you asking about fixing the double chin ?

yup mate =) how did u do that ?

Photo Shop using the clone tool. Cloned in the black off her shirt to get rid of the buldge.
Then cloned the neck being carful to keep the tool in line so it would blend in. The whole idea is to keep the cross hairs close and just under the cloning tool so it picks up just under it. Keep the brush size not too large and not too small and use the hardest of the soft brushes.