mlipscomb wrote:
The catch light sucks. I had a big white reflector under him that gives the effect of cataracts in his eyes. I've tried fixing it in photoshop but nothing I do looks very real. My question is are those catch lights such a big deal? And is there a way to fix them?

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You have enough of his iris to cleanly clone out the reflector. Just set the opacity down and build it up. If the reflection reaches his pupil, you clean that up as well since that area is black. Just leave the area that is catching the actual lights.

mlipscomb wrote:
I've tried to sample the surrounding areas but it looks blotchy when I apply it. Coloring over it is even worse as the color is too even and 2 dimensional:-(

You have to use a VERY small, soft edged "paintbrush", and sample often. Just paint the details in, over the "bad parts", on a separate layer, as if there weren't any catch lights there, zoomed WAY in. When it looks perfect, you are right, the painted part is usually too smooth. I usually add a very small, (appropriate) amount of noise, (often about 2.5), and, then, a very small amount of blur, (often about .3), and Edit>Fade the gaussian blur until it looks perfect. Sometimes, I add two different amounts of noise, with different amounts of blur to get the texture perfect. You will have to get very familiar with these tools, then experiment, to get it right.
-Don