latino1203 In reply to alk3girl666 [2011-01-14 01:26:25 +0000 UTC]

hhehehehe heyyyy!!

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latino1203 In reply to Shurakai-Zero [2011-01-11 00:47:16 +0000 UTC]

its amazing

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Shurakai-Zero In reply to latino1203 [2011-01-11 13:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Personally, I still prefer this shot of her .

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latino1203 In reply to Shurakai-Zero [2011-01-11 18:51:38 +0000 UTC]

that is really pretty too.how do you retouch the skin so well i noticed that you posted a link and you did very little to the original but how do you get it like that while editing

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Shurakai-Zero In reply to latino1203 [2011-01-11 19:56:27 +0000 UTC]

We had a really good makeup artist for that shoot, for one thing. The lighting was just right for another, and the model has naturally good skin. The rest is just dodging and burning. Somewhere on dA there’s a really good skin retouching tutorial that I found once. I’m not sure if I faved it, but if you search for skin retouching, it’ll probably come up. The gist of the technique is to take your RAW file and process it at three exposure values: a base exposure, +1 EV and -1 EV. You layer the +1 and -1 images over your base exposure in Photoshop with layer masks that have been filled with black (to completely hide them), then carefully paint in spots with white (using a soft-edge brush at a very low opacity) on the layer masks to even out the skin imperfections. It takes awhile (depending on how extensively I need to retouch the image, I can spend anywhere from 2 to 16 hours on a single photo) but it’s the most natural way I’ve found to do skin smoothing.

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latino1203 In reply to Shurakai-Zero [2011-01-14 01:26:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you soo much i'll defintely take that into consideration its a BIG help.I would love it if you could help me perfect this art and technique.I love the photography world and i wanna do it as a career.check out my stuff and tel me what you think.

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Shurakai-Zero In reply to latino1203 [2011-01-14 01:50:52 +0000 UTC]

I’ve already gone through your gallery and faved a few pics. You’ve got a great eye, and I think you’ll do well. If you haven’t already, you might consider heading over to the Strobist blog. I learned a lot from there myself, just in the past year.

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latino1203 In reply to mojewredneja [2011-01-10 21:38:42 +0000 UTC]

no problem i like your stuff

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mojewredneja In reply to latino1203 [2011-01-10 21:48:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again

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