Exhibit 9
revision
I colored in her eyes to sharpen them
I changed the hue on her skin to be a little more natural looking
I darkened her coat to look more black
I cropped the image to make her fill the frame more
I turned the noise down
original image
reference photo (what I want it to end up looking like)
I chose this image because I need so much help!! This is a headshot for my friend's mom. She missed her office picture day. She wanted it to look like the reference image. I don't have a professional lighting studio, so I set her in front of a window with lights pointed at her... but the lights were not bright enough to fight the morning sun blasting through the curtains. I am embarrassed by this photo, and I hope to fix it... but I may just need to retake it. If I could edit it to look acceptable that would be the goal... She seems cloudy in the edit? She really wanted a lot of edits done to her face.
Photoshop
content aware fill for the original background
masking on the subject
burn tool around the subject on the background layer
adjustment layers including brightness/contrast, curves and channel mixer
the new neural filters (so cool)
Design
I needed to have a blank background to make editing easier, and in front of her curtains was the only option. I see now that was a mistake. I have taken photos with people against the sun and it is worked really well as a backlight... but I needed a better key light.
I tried burning the background a little around her to give her contrast and dimension, but I'm not sure if that worked.
I think that she needs to be cropped, there is a lot of empty space, but in the reference photo it appeared to be that amount of background
I feel like her outfit almost matches the colors of the backdrop, I would like to darken her clothing while retaining detail to bring more contrast.
Credits:
Photograph - Yvonne Bass
Subject: Dalynn Toone
Backdrop: American Family Insurance photo