I snapped this photo of a young friend who is a waitress. She was gazing out of the window of the cafe during a break. She's always talking about how she's working there to better herself in the future. She's saving for an education. She looked like she was thinking (although with a smirk) about how she couldn't wait to go out into the world outside those windows. I decided to soften the look to a more wistful gaze. The girl has absolutely the most glorious alabaster skin and amazing blue eyes, but the light in the place washed out the eye color. I used PP to put that color back and to even out her almost already perfect skin, and to soften the harshness of the window light reflecting across her face and chest. Didn't need much imperfection work though. I have two shades of background that I used (I used this background, because the lights worked well with the highlights and shadows cast by the original window.) I'm trying to decide which background tone works best in this picture. I've already printed the images, and they came out beautiful. I still have some touch up work around the hair edges, but my printer (Epson 1400 photo) works wonders on the normal photo setting with blending just the right amount of color across to take off any harsh breaks between the image and background. I'm always amazed that my printer produces work that actually looks better than what I'm seeing on screen. (I use Huey Pro to calibrate my monitor.) If I'm printing graphics or images that require an extra sharp crispness to define seperations, then I use the ultra fine photo settings. The subject liked both backgrounds, and couldn't decide. She liked the sunny golden one, because she said it looked happier, however she thought the other reflected her feelings about working in the cafe (dungeon...LOL). So....folks, I'm putting this out for you to weigh in.
I titled this image....."Waiting" on a Dream
Other than touching up the hair a little more for on screen viewing(which I plan to do)...any other suggestions or comments are welcome. Gosh I love this software, it really did an amazing job working in almost full profile...I was impressed.
Is there a spell check on here...if so I'm sorry I couldn't find it.
