Gina Gentile

I'll definitely give that a shot next time! Thank you so much Samantha & Christina ? you girls are awesome!

Sure! Hopefully these are ok. I've seen some other images where the baby isn't super far away from the background and still the same depth/brightness and creamy skin.

I'm getting so frustrated with my cake smash edits. I see all these photographers who shoot with the same exact lens, studio light and soft box as I do and their images have so much more depth, and brightness without loosing any details. I'm so lost trying to figure out how to get this style. I really love the look of it because I feel like the images pop so much better than mine do. I've taken the raw class & the levels class. I tried the levels tricks too but I can't seem to get that pop. My image is attached. http://www.jennifernace.com/#!/3/featured/ONE_YEAR_-_CAKE_SMASH/158 : This is similar to what I'm trying for, if possible. That clean bright airy skin, where the baby pops from the background. So many photographers have this look and I can't figure it out.

Yes lol. I'm sorry. I should've double checked my layers before asking. Thank you so much for you time though!

100% a sRBG file

Ugh, I think I found the issue! I'm stupid lol. I scrolled through my adjustments and had the saturation bumped up for some weird reason making that colorize adjustment way more saturated then I wanted. SO MUCH BETTER!

I'm converting them to black and white using gradient maps and some level/curves adjustments. Then I add in a hue colorized adjustment so it's a warmer black and white. Is that why? Saving them to facebook using a Paint The Moon Facebook action.

Some of my black and whites are showing colors in the darker shadows when I upload them online and view them on my Mac and cell phone. I don't know if it's an issue with my editing (it doesn't appear in photoshop) or if it's the way I'm saving them. The image I'm attaching, I see color on his forehead, cheek and back rolls when uploaded to facebook. Would love a little help if it's something that everyone can see as well. Thank you!