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Nov 1, 2011 07:51:37   #
abc1234 Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
 
A lot of good advice here and a wonderful touch up.

Nothing beats studio lighting. However, for grab shots or candids, you are left with on-camera lighting. I mount a separate flash on the camera and put a diffuser on it. Here is the key: tilt the flash up. For close-ups, tilt it straight up. For further subjects, tilt it down gradually but no more than 45 degrees. At ten feet or so, remove the diffuser; you cannot see an effect.

I do not bounce off of ceilings. Too much loss and you can get casts with colored ceilings.

If you do not have a separate flash, try a hankerchif or white plastic in from of the built-in flash.

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Nov 1, 2011 22:52:59   #
nikondaddy Loc: Mayfield,Kentucky
 
One correction tip[ the subject should have been 2-3 thre feet from background. thus the shadow too close to back ground. You can photo shop it out but leave separation betwewne subject and background.

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Nov 1, 2011 23:13:35   #
PitchurMan Loc: Michigan
 
mommy115 wrote:
To fix the shadow on this one I used the magic wand tool in PSE9 to get the shadow areas selecting areas going down the photo and in the space by his arm a bit at a time. I used 3 px feather with this. As it will pick little bits and pieces of the hair you need to be careful in those areas not to remove what you don't want to remove. I just used the selection tool to give me a pretty good outline and make my next step easier. I then cloned out each area being careful to clone from areas nearby where I was working so the colors would match better. After cloning you may find a little shadow left. Carefully clone those out with a small brush. If you need to get color to match better in some places either use cloning or the healing brush.
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Mommy,
Very nicely done!

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