First time with model, headshot

Any comments welcomed.

Thanks

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The left side of her face (cheek area) is a bit blotchy and could use some superficial smoothing, imo. Maybe the nose also. Just to remove the blotchiness.

There is also some star stuff happening in the eyes that, for me, doesn't work.

bohdank wrote in post #8676985
The left side of her face (cheek area) is a bit blotchy and could use some superficial smoothing, imo. Maybe the nose also. Just to remove the blotchiness.

There is also some star stuff happening in the eyes that, for me, doesn't work.

Cheers bohdank

Wanted to keep skin as natural as possible but will give it a go.

Only boosted contrast in eyes so just natural reflections ? I'll have a closer look.

Thanks

Good job on the eyes.

Thanks Zazoh.

Steve

My comment is going to sound weird, but there are too many white things reflecting in her eye. It's actually distracting. Maybe zoom in while doing the skin and darken those reflections.

Would you mind if I posted an edited version I did ?

aram535 wrote in post #8678114
My comment is going to sound weird, but there are too many white things reflecting in her eye. It's actually distracting. Maybe zoom in while doing the skin and darken those reflections.

Cheers aram

The eyes are natural and I like that, but could be a plan, will try it, thanks.

Steve

StroupePhotography wrote in post #8678130
Would you mind if I posted an edited version I did ?

Please feel free.

Steve

Ok here`s my edit. I can take it down if you don`t like it. Imagenomic-portraiture to smooth skin and gave it some color.Portaiture also has a sharpening tool so its been sharpened also.

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StroupePhotography wrote in post #8678188
Ok here`s my edit. I can take it down if you don`t like it. Imagenomic-portraiture to smooth skin and gave it some color.Portaiture also has a sharpening tool so its been sharpened also.

Loving the edit, thanks for taking your time for this, will look into them.

A big difference, for the better, thank you.

Steve

I highly recommend this .....Imagenomic-portraiture if you are doing alot of head shots. It has made a huge increase in our models pictures lately.They offer a free download for a month trial version. Nothing to loose so give it a try.

Thanks for the heads up Darrell and Kim and for the edit.

will give it a try.

Steve

Here is my shot at it. Used manual methods on the face called degrunging.

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StroupePhotography wrote in post #8678227
I highly recommend this .....Imagenomic-portraiture if you are doing alot of head shots. It has made a huge increase in our models pictures lately.They offer a free download for a month trial version. Nothing to loose so give it a try.

I second the recommendation for IP. I think it works very well and offers quite a bit of flexibility. If you don't want to spend the time doing it "manually" then get IP.