When to stop??? PP on portrait photos.

goldseeker

Do you thing those photos has too much PP? Had small photosesion for my friends over the weekend,looks good i think,but it lost originality,does not look real. Would appreciate your opinion.

GhostInTheRuins

It could be that they don't look real to you because you've seen the original pictures before photoshop and know just how much you've done to them.

I like them though.

Borderfox

What do your friends think of them?

goldseeker

My friends liked them. But i see myself there is diference from original to final images.

magicbastarder

are you willing to post the originals?

goldseeker

Do not have originals with me now,can do latter. But first picture was one of those to be deleted,owerexposed big time.

magicbastarder

i think the first pic is much better than the second - the second is a bit soft-focus for me.

rain on

I think the first one is beautiful, it works well with her colouring as she is so ethereal looking already.

In the second one her natural colouring doesn't sit as well with the processing and the end result is a bit too fluffy/weddingy for my taste.

Borderfox

I would prefer no 1 out of the two and I am sure they love the pictures

oshead

Whatever they think of them is whats important. But you might not be able to get the truth out of them. I like both shots but personally would bring the PP back a little and try and get some texture back into the skin. Otherwise, tones, colour and light look terrific.

Borderfox

tbh the pp on them is what we see everyday when we open a magazine.

EyeBlinks

Looks like you've used the Albino preset to me!

When to stop, maybe before you start.

artyeva

i think the coloured backrounds both suit the models' skin tones, and hair, and maybe even their make-up. it's a refreshing change. though i'm not sure what the bubbly bit is on the bottom left of the first shot? for me that kinda distracts from the flat graphic look of the shot - and yeah, while the first one makes her look very ephemeral and etheral - to my eyes it's not real, there isn't enough texture to her skin - they're very flat and graphic looking*

*having said all of the above, i have very bad skin and therefore hate having my photo taken. if you could make a photo of my scarred and ravaged head look like that i'd probably bite the hand off you to get it

The Snipe

I personally, prefer more natural skintones with the imperfections without the airbrushing - but thats just me. I find that PP On skin makes em look very.. 'plastic'

thefly

I think they are way over the top but I like them. The first one in particular. It looks great albeit, unnatural

dazftw

I think the 1st one is lovely. The 2nd you can clearly tell its been shopped but its not that bad really.

I actually really like the 1st one! There's something about it.. You know when you keep coming back to it, its a good photo. The background, tones and lighting.

My GF on the other hand thinks they're way too photoshopped?

The Snipe

I love the eyes in number one!

dazftw

I don't know if its my monitor at home or the one I'm on in work now but they are very bright on this one. So much so the forehead and cheeks in the 1st are completely blown. Is it meant to be bright?

Heebie

I also think they are far too light.. and I know my monitors are calibrated.. so I'd expect them to be even lighter on uncalibrated monitors. (although.. if the people in the photos are REALLY light-skinned.. it could just be the way they actually look.)

dazftw wrote: »

I don't know if its my monitor at home or the one I'm on in work now but they are very bright on this one. So much so the forehead and cheeks in the 1st are completely blown. Is it meant to be bright?