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I did a photoshoot for a friend and as sort of a christmas present I wanted to give her the best portrait treatment with Photoshop I can muster. Unfortunately this was poorly planned and we held the shoot under very challenging lighting conditions (harsh afternoon sun). However, a lot of the shots turned out to be salvageable. I've already worked on them, but I would appreciate any suggestions by more experienced retouchers here.

Below is one of the more interesting shots with the original settings from the camera, followed by my attempt at it.



 
I would clean up the loose hair and white specs on the scarf.
trale said:
I did a photoshoot for a friend and as sort of a christmas present I
wanted to give her the best portrait treatment with Photoshop I can
muster. Unfortunately this was poorly planned and we held the shoot
under very challenging lighting conditions (harsh afternoon sun).
However, a lot of the shots turned out to be salvageable. I've
already worked on them, but I would appreciate any suggestions by
more experienced retouchers here.

Below is one of the more interesting shots with the original settings
from the camera, followed by my attempt at it.



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Really a nice job :), i'm curious about your skin tones, how do you achieve that nice tones?

Thank you in advance trale ;)
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'you don’t take a photograph, you make it' (Ansel Adams)
 
The vignette looks great; definitely gives it a more classic look. I'll add in that layer on my next attempt (after culling some other ideas this thread gathers). Thanks!
Firefly2 said:
I like your mod--looks much better than the original. Tried little
toning & vignetting. Hope you like it.



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Firefly2
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Most of the warming was done in Camera RAW (temperature slider). Then in photoshop I applied a curves adjustment and played around with points sampled on her face. Also added a warming filter.
Pixnoize said:
Really a nice job :), i'm curious about your skin tones, how do you
achieve that nice tones?

Thank you in advance trale ;)
--
'you don’t take a photograph, you make it' (Ansel Adams)
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Beautiful result from a very difficult original.
Would love to know your workflow.

-- Marty
 
Thank you trale.
That confirm what i supposed to do with the jpeg opened in CRaw.

I was stuck with detail recovery, in burned highlight. Raw is two step ahead.

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'you don’t take a photograph, you make it' (Ansel Adams)
 
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