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07/22/2013 10:12:18 PM · #1 |
seriously if you are going to charge people for photography, please, please, please learn how to post process properly. kids do not need to look like porcelain dolls. just tone back the skin smoothing, just a little bit, a tiny bit. ugh.
i'm getting sick of seeing my facebook friend post pics of their kids done by other photogs and they look terrible. sorry for the rant but i don't have the heart to tell them...
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07/22/2013 10:39:07 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by Mike:
...sorry for the rant but i don't have the heart to tell them... |
"Look, I just got Portrait Professional, and now I too can make all my subjects look like they were injection molded!"
That look seems to be all the rage, and I can only guess that a few years hence, the perpetrators photogs will look at those photos and say "what the heck was I thinking??" I really don't know how you'd approach a friend who shows off photos done in this style, but it almost seems like you have to at least plant the seed. If they had the photos done recently, perhaps they could go back and ask for a toned-down edit. |
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07/22/2013 11:09:04 PM · #3 |
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07/22/2013 11:10:43 PM · #4 |
| I use portrait professional on many head shots I have done. Ain't a one of 'em looking plastic yet :-) But it's got a lot of very specific tools for fine-tuning portraits that I appreciate. |
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07/23/2013 12:11:57 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I use portrait professional on many head shots I have done. Ain't a one of 'em looking plastic yet :-) But it's got a lot of very specific tools for fine-tuning portraits that I appreciate. |
Exactly my thoughts. That program receives way too much hate, it's a great program, especially when used with a light touch. |
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07/23/2013 12:44:35 AM · #6 |
Here is a recent "before" and "after" of a portrait I took. I try not to overdue the processing on children.
Before
After
But then sometimes I get carried away....
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07/23/2013 07:39:38 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by Cory:
...That program receives way too much hate, it's a great program, especially when used with a light touch. |
Yes, I'm sure it can yield excellent results when used "with a light touch." Unfortunately some ads for the program itself promote, well, a little heavier touch, if you know what I mean. So they wind up being the poster child for the overuse of smoothing. I'm also not a fan of the highly-retouched "magazine cover" look. Portraits should respect people, not morph them into something they're not. So yes, it's a program that I love to poke fun at. Let's not say "hate," that's over-used and hyperbolic.
Message edited by author 2013-07-23 10:31:26. |
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07/23/2013 08:19:44 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Cory:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I use portrait professional on many head shots I have done. Ain't a one of 'em looking plastic yet :-) But it's got a lot of very specific tools for fine-tuning portraits that I appreciate. |
Exactly my thoughts. That program receives way too much hate, it's a great program, especially when used with a light touch. |
Unfortunately, like so many other things, some people simply can't partake in moderation. |
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07/23/2013 08:58:03 AM · #9 |
i not against skin smoothing, lord knows i do my share, but you need to understand when too much is too much. kids especially hardly ever need it. IMO it is used to take a few years off, remove blemishes, bags under the eyes, etc. you don't skin smooth just because you can.
on a side note, are you guys who use portrait professional happy with it? i've tried touching up in that, lightroom, but i always go back to photoshop, even thought it takes a bit longer, the results are much easier to control, it also looks more natural. too often in Portrait professional i get weird artifacts. also it does a great job at rescuplting a face. |
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07/23/2013 01:05:20 PM · #10 |
| I've never seen an artifacting problem with Port Pro unless I push something beyond where it wants to go. |
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07/23/2013 01:06:40 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Cory:
...That program receives way too much hate, it's a great program, especially when used with a light touch. |
Yes, I'm sure it can yield excellent results when used "with a light touch." Unfortunately some ads for the program itself promote, well, a little heavier touch, if you know what I mean. So they wind up being the poster child for the overuse of smoothing. I'm also not a fan of the highly-retouched "magazine cover" look. Portraits should respect people, not morph them into something they're not. So yes, it's a program that I love to poke fun at. Let's not say "hate," that's over-used and hyperbolic. |
Totally agree. Their ads just puzzle me, everything they publish looks like shit. |
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07/23/2013 01:08:05 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I've never seen an artifacting problem with Port Pro unless I push something beyond where it wants to go. |
Agreed. And to Mike's question, yes, I'm thrilled with it. |
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07/23/2013 03:36:26 PM · #13 |
| ill have to try it again then, maybe it just didnt like my source file. |
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