 Kristi Eckberg |
Fair skin subjects I have been doing some senior portraits and so far they have turned out beautiful with my digital rebel. I recently did a girl who has very pale skin and the results are not that great. Her pale skin brought out alot of blues and red tones in face that I'am having a hard time touching up in PS. A few that were overexposed do not look good b/c of her skin tone. Any advice on how to shoot this type of skin tone? I tried AWB, shade,cloudy setting and don't like any of the tones it produced. I'am still learning on how to get the correct exposure with my subjects. I would love to hear anyones advice on this so I can be better prepared for this type of skin tone. Thanks all, Kristi
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Autumn Hernandez |
I have two daughters and they're both VERY pale. I find (and I have the same camera as you do) that when I use the shade white balance I get the warmest tone to their skin. If I use the wb that is supposed to be used for the conditions I am in, they always look blotchy and their skin looks almost translucent. lol I know the wbs are supposed to act as filters do, but maybe there is a filter you can actually put on your camera. Of course, I wouldn't know that, so hopefully someone else can help you. :)
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A C |
Are you shooting in Raw format? When you open a Raw picture in the later versions of Photoshop you can change the white balance setting to see which looks best. Also, you can adjust exposure and more to tweak it more. If that still doesn't work I use PS CS to adjust more. Using levels, curves, or selective color I fine tune the image. As your editing the image, keep checking the info pallette to see what the Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and black percentages are for the skin. For caucasion skin the cyan should be 1/4 to 1/3 the amount of magenta. Yellow should be slightly more than magenta. Hope this helps. Cherylann
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Tom Theodore |
I've always found that with light skinned subjects, a warming filter or even the use of a gold reflector works wonders and saves alot of time in PS. Tom
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