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Can I make this more interesting?
This is pretty much the original shot. http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/S … 383c6b.jpg I enhance my own photos. Just minor things like color and contrast. Not all photags get back to me right away with the final edits so when they give me freedom edit my own photos, I pretty much take them. I hate having to wait a month before using a photo, ya feels me? But anyway this one has me stumped. Just a simple headshot to add to my port. Its missing...something...but what?! PS. I didn't put this in the sample forum. Maybe I should have. But I wanted to hear opinions more than anything. Like when to know if something is meant for retouching or not. Thanks guys  Jan 16 13 07:01 pm Link The Good Attractive girl The Bad Bad composition Lacks contrast WB is off Bra Strap is showing No light modelling at all...shadows are good Jan 16 13 07:06 pm Link Small things aside, the lighting on the subject is too flat and too bright. If you're going to stick with the white background, I'd make it really white, tone down the light on the model, and do some D&B for the contours ...  My preference would be for a darker background ...  Jan 16 13 08:17 pm Link Here's my shot at it: I increased the contrast a little and put some color in the background.  Jan 16 13 08:17 pm Link I like peano's alot the one with the green BG. how about something like this.....  Jan 16 13 10:30 pm Link Nicole Packs wrote: sounds like a solicited critique... Jan 16 13 10:53 pm Link I quite prefer the original shot as it is, maybe bring up the blacks and neutrals down a bit so it looks a little less white-ish but it is pretty good - like a 10-15% more contrast and maybe a little sharpening to make it look more crisp - but that's it. It's not a headshot per se, it looks shot more with an intention to like a jeans/shirt catalog image. Often, it's important to know what the image is. Just because you have PS, doesn't mean everything be retouched. Headshots: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wnqRQ4aryGM/U … 32-web.jpg http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/up … 1wFe_b.jpg http://cdn.robhasawebsite.com/wp-conten … 00x300.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/ … 4461_n.jpg Copyright: Jenn Hoffman - she is also an excellent headshots photographer. Jan 16 13 10:57 pm Link Nicole Packs wrote: This one is not. Save the time and effort to go shoot a new photo. Jan 16 13 11:59 pm Link played around with it a little. The complex hair shadows on the wall made it tough. Either incorporate the wall into your shot, or distance the subject from it. my quick attempt (except the bra strap. i was lazy about removing it) Really, this is kind of like (forgive the expression) "polishing a turd". The retouching is way to heavy for what the image started as, and I probably went overboard a little. I think the direct light pushed me to want to glam it up, since usually direct front light isn't used except to be edgy.  it's also not really a headshot, as there's probably a little too much glam. Jan 17 13 12:44 am Link You have good skin and not many wrinkles so i think it can pass without retouching. Retouching should be based around the look your are going for. Do you want it to look like a casual shot taken with a film camera? Do you want it to look like it came out of a modern fashion look book? Do you want it to look like an unretouched polaroid shot? There is nothing major happening in the shot makeup/hair or styling wise. I kind of like it as a polaroid, heres me with no retouching kind of shot. Hard to say too much more without critiquing. Jan 17 13 12:44 am Link remove the brastrap..... Jan 17 13 05:30 am Link Illuminate wrote: . . . Agree above ^^^ Jan 17 13 05:48 am Link Mask Photo wrote: And you felt like it was necessary to liquefy her face?? to a headshot?? Jan 17 13 06:04 am Link 365 Digitals Exposed wrote: great retouch! How did you achive the white circle in the background without getting any banding? Jan 17 13 06:33 am Link richy01 wrote: probably the best thing I can do for this photo right? Jan 17 13 07:31 am Link 365 Digitals Exposed wrote: This one is the best IMO. Jan 17 13 08:32 am Link MaL kap wrote: You have to extract the image and create a separated fill layer , double click it and go to gradient over lay, use circular gradient and play with it from that point on. Jan 17 13 08:36 am Link Maybe she just needed a passport  Jan 17 13 08:55 am Link lol about the passport, nice one here's my quick attempt at it : - contrast enhancement with levels and curves - sharpness enhancement with high-pass filter - little color correction with additional sepia tone Indeed the picture is clearly too flat, but I disagree a bit with the comment saying it is too bright. I'm sure that if we had the RAW file it would be quite easy to correct. It's a bit bright but correct imho.  Jan 17 13 08:59 am Link  Jan 17 13 09:02 am Link 365 Digitals Exposed wrote: Thanks!! Jan 17 13 09:36 am Link pellepiano wrote: Hahaha! I got a giggle fit out of this one Jan 17 13 09:53 am Link Illuminate wrote: like I said, I did more to this than is necessary for a headshot. The title of the thread was "Can i make this more interesting". I made it more interesting. The lighting was wrong for a headshot anyway, so i just messed around. LIKE I SAID. Jan 17 13 11:47 am Link Illuminate wrote: +1 Jan 17 13 11:59 am Link  Moderator Warning!Illuminate wrote: The reminder: No unsolicited critiques. If someone has not asked for your critical opinion of their work, please do not give one. Jan 17 13 10:36 pm Link Nicole Packs wrote: one thing you can experiment with is this: Jan 18 13 03:07 am Link Photon Mayhem wrote: woah awesome! thanks! Jan 18 13 05:52 am Link You just need to start by having nicer color settings. Now this is just a highly compressed jpg, so ideally you process from hi res raw. There isn't much retouch needed, this is all Lightroom, I didn't open it in Photoshop.  Jan 18 13 06:13 am Link |
