We must start by photographing a portrait in a setting, and then use a manual selection method to select just the area of the person. Having done this, save a copy if your software allows. Then make adjustments to the area so that it stands out more clearly from the surroundings, while still looking realistic.
I chose to use a portrait of my sister that I had taken at the start of this course when I was working on workflow.
While I have lightened and darkened areas of an image before I have never altered of 'enhanced' specific areas. I chose to whiten her teeth as when you are zoomed in to the image they appear quite dull and slightly tea stained.
I think I may have got a little carried away with how much I lightened them by in comparison to the original.
I have gone back and carried out a slightly more natural shade.
I think this looks much better than my previous attempt and does improve the look of the teeth.
I am torn in my opinion of this kind of enhancement. While I feel that very slight adjustments are ok as long as they do not drastically alter an image I cannot help but feel dishonest. I always thought that as photographers we should be accurately recording scenes, but post production allows for various tweaking. Maybe what I have tried to do today is acceptable but if I had, for example, changed the colour of her eyes, this would then become a step too far.
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