Here is the Before shot:
The photographer commented that she was struggling with the blemishes and also the overexposure of the top of the boys head.
And here is my edit:
I'm really trying to improve my Lightroom skills so I stuck with LR this week even though it was a jpg that we had to work with.
I did some reduction of the exposure on the top of the head but it was pretty blown out which limited what I was able to recover. Next I upped the overall exposure and the fill light to even out the overall face. I used cloning on the facial scratches/blemishes and also ran a light skin smoothing over his entire face. I also brightened and defined his eyes more, sharpened the overall image, and added some vibrance and green tones.
Be sure to check out some other edits or give it a try yourself at
great edit. and it's barely even 9:30 on a Thursday night where I live lol. but it gave me time to edit the picture before I was busy friday! and by busy I mean that I get time to sleep in. haha.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!! I love how you fixed the highlights. It didn't wok out that well for me when I tried in Lightroom :)
ReplyDeleteI like your clean and straight forward approach. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteVery nice work!! I like the crop, which did eliminate a lot of the problem with the overexposure.
ReplyDeleteI really like it. I love how soft you made his face look. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi! Thanks for stopping by. I think you did a great job smoothing out his skin. I like your crop too! Nice!
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