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Dawn - After
Dawn - After
just-married

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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Date: May 10, 2004
Galleries: Portraiture, Nude
Date Uploaded: Mar 7, 2005

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Comments: 3
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 9 months pregnant, taken during a maternity session. The shot is my husband's. The post processing is mine. After taking Lynda.com's 13 hour tutorial "Photoshop CS for Digital Photographers", I practiced all of my new skills on this photo.

The post processed image can be viewed here:

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PP includes lightening the image; enhancing the eyes, lips, brows; diminishing shadows on the face; bringing out the highlights in the hair; softening the skin; enahancing contast in the image.

It was a good exercise for me. It was my first time making all edits on layers without damaging the actual pixels of the image itself. I saved the PSD with all layers in tact and detailed notes about the steps taken in each layer. If anyone is interested, PM me and I can make it available for download.

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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/31/2005 09:56:15 AM
It's a great photo. This is the sort of photography that catches my eye. I love the soft light effect and unusual posing.
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 03/08/2005 12:36:29 AM
Greg, You're right, the catch lights are small. They are the reflected window and would have been luch larger if I weren't turned quite so far away from the window. Do you think enlarging the catch lights in PS is advisable? Do you have a trick for that? I have in some cases dodged them, but never in a situation where the eyes were so crisp and I thought it will show more. Is there another way to do this in pp? (Of course I agree, handling it during shooting would be best.)
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
 03/08/2005 12:20:13 AM
Looks great. Can I share a little secret with you that will make a subtle but huge difference. I know you didn't take the photo, but you can see what I am talking about here very clearly. Notice the white hgh light in the lower left corner of the plupil. An old portrait trick. Do everythig you can by either moving the lights of the subjects head so that that high light is on the color part of the eye. It will light up all around the color if done correctly and the eyes will just pop and set the photo. People won't know why they love the photo but they will. It is the little subtle differences that make a good photo great..
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