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...
Sliding each one according to the direction I want to bring the image.
This one, the before is just a tad cool for me, so I slid the temp up a bit.
resulting in...
This image is a little too cool, too much magenta...
So a little to the warmer side, temp slider and a little less on the tint slider
this one again with the reddish tint, and too cool for me...
Looks so much better just a tad warmer!
Here is another example of an inside image. The image was far too warm...
So a few minor adjustments to the temp slider, to make it a little cooler worked wonders!
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!
When I am shooting your portrait session, or your Wedding, I am always looking for the perfect spots to take advantage of backlighting! I love the effect it has on images, and I love that I can control how much "flare/haze" to have or not have.
Take these two for example, on this first one, we have the haze coming onto their faces...
And with a little repositioning, I got the haze out of the image!
When doing this type of shooting, the sun is behind the subject and I like to have a tree or other object behind them as well to diffuse the sun just a little. (but it works without as well)
With this one, the sun is coming in directly under their chins...
I still like that images, but again with me repositioning, I eliminated the sun from between them. And got this crisp image.
A couple more examples of how my positioning affects the amount of haze/flare coming into the image.
I also love the glow and the fact that it somewhat separates the subject from the background by getting that nice "glow" around the subjects heads!
When using the sun as backlighting I typically will overexpose a tad, to get their faces correct. This sometimes will leave some parts of the hair blown out, so you need to practice and find the balance.
P.S. Dont forget about our Mini Session Deal! See details here
Kendra Jean Photography
Hello! I am a high school senior 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 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! :)
Phoenix senior photographer, senior photographer phoenix az, senior photographer phoenix, scottsdale family photographer, az photographer, child photographer phoenix az
