SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Hello! I shot a maternity session a few weeks back and my beautiful mom-to-be showed up with a very strong fake/spray tan. It was a little shocking at first but I figured I could "fix it" in Post Processing. Attached are 3 images, all SOOC. One is the image in it's entirety and the others are 100% crop of the skin so you can see what we are dealing with. She also wore very heavy foundation with contouring so her face looks very flat. Thanks in advance for any advice. I edit using PS CS5 on MAC Desktop. THANKS!
Damien Symonds Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Hi Suz, I'm sure I can help with this. Go ahead and do your raw processing, then post the photo again.
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 Perfect! I will work on that now. Should I remove the current images and replace?
Damien Symonds Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 No, not at all. Just post the new ones below.
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 Okay so here the images again after my basic tweaking in Camera Raw 6.7. I included more of the face this time as well. Thanks!
Damien Symonds Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 No, I'm sure that's meant to be a white dress.
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 Yes, white dress. When using dropper tool on the white dress, made her look even more like an oompah loompah so I toned back the yellow, which is making white dress blue haha. In this situation I would add warming filter in PS to warm up dress and mask off the skin. I would love to know a better way to do that. I am probably going about it all wrong!
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Oh heck no. The white balance must be correct in raw. NEVER look at skintone in raw, period. 2
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Haha!!!! One of my favorite cartoons and it was used against me lol! I am so not worthy! Edited February 4, 2016 by SUZ_IN_MS 1
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Wonderful! Much nicer already. There's more I wish I could discuss with you about the raw processing aspect of this photo, but I can't do so here, sorry. I urge you to get on the Raw Class waiting list as soon as you can (if you haven't already). So for now, I'll have to make do as best we can. Before we get to the colouring issue, I need you to brighten the hands and the face, so that they're more of a match for her chest/shoulders area. (A match in brightness, don't worry about the colour for now. Then post again for me.
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) *DONE* On waiting list. Okay, so tell me if that looks better for the brightening. Edited February 4, 2016 by SUZ_IN_MS
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Terrific! Now gently apply some Cooling Filter LBB. 2
SUZ_IN_MS Posted February 4, 2016 Author Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) And that was insanely simple yet very effective. I followed the directions and did the masking at 10%. Do you do suggest doing all skin tones in this manner or just those that present a particular challenge such as this? ((Thank you!)) Edited February 4, 2016 by SUZ_IN_MS Added to reply.
Damien Symonds Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Well, gosh, I'd hope that you don't have to do it very often. This was a special case - a combination of the fake tan, and your decision to shoot her outdoors amid so much cast-throwing foliage. 1
Damien Symonds Posted January 12, 2017 Posted January 12, 2017 https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/6534-skin-class-details/
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