Wednesday, August 18, 2010

F.A.Q's | Skin Tones | Kendra Jean Photography

This is totally based on your own personal style. My style is to be more towards the natual look and not too overly processed. Over the last 6 or so years, so many post processing styles have come and gone, so many new actions, or new whatever. They get over used and in a couple years or less they die off. I will admit that I did fall for alot of the overly used editing styles, one being selective coloring! I can now look back and say What was I thinking! That is how I have found my style, by trying and discarding certain things.

So with the skin tones, I use this handy little slider in Lightroom...
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Sliding each one according to the direction I want to bring the image.

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This one, the before is just a tad cool for me, so I slid the temp up a bit.
resulting in...
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This image is a little too cool, too much magenta...
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So a little to the warmer side, temp slider and a little less on the tint slider
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this one again with the reddish tint, and too cool for me...
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Looks so much better just a tad warmer!
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Here is another example of an inside image. The image was far too warm...
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So a few minor adjustments to the temp slider, to make it a little cooler worked wonders!
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So there is just a few examples of getting more natural looking skin tones! If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please do and your answer could turn into the next F.A.Q post! It can be about anything you are curious about, not limited to certain areas!


2 comments:

  1. Interesting... I don't know if I could learn all that but I can look at adjusting pictures and pick out the one that looks better! You make it sound so easy, but I'm lucky just to get snapshots of my kids occasionally and get them on the computer! ;D Is Lightroom a program you buy?

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  2. yes, adobe lightroom is an editing program that you would buy.

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Kendra Jean Photography

Hello! I am a boutique Portrait and Wedding photographer in Phoenix, Arizona. In each session, I strive to capture your true personalities in a fun and relaxed way. My images are FUN, FRESH and GENUINE. My weddings are a mixture of capturing the emotions, and moments of your day mixed in with very natural posed images. My post processing style is very natural and fresh and I try to not do overly processed images that will go out of style over the years. I want you to treasure your images and display them in your homes for years and years!

I hope you would take the time and get to know my style through this blog and my website, and if you like what you see I would love to hear from you! Whether it is through a comment or through a phone call or email! If you have any questions give me a shout. I look forward to hearing from all of you! :)

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