3 Tips to Perfect your Portraits
Portraits are a popular subject in photography— whether you’re photographing weddings, families, maternity, or boudoir, you’ll be faced with editing your subjects’ faces. Until recently, most portrait retouching was done in Photoshop, but with the newest Adobe advancements in Lightroom, now you can get most of your editing done without ever having to open Photoshop!!
With that in mind, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite video tutorials to give you a head start in using Lightroom or ACR to edit your portraits!
TIP #1: Edit your portrait photo LITERALLY in 60 seconds using this tutorial!
The “Looks” presets included in Amara Presets by Archipelago Presets adjust multiple aspects of a person’s face and body in one-click, then all you need to do is adjust with the preset slider!
Check out this 60-second edit using Archipelago Presets, including the 1-click retouching presets from Archipelago Amara.
Photo by Valeriya Kulaeva
TIP #2: Mix and match different presets and profiles together to get a completely custom look for your portraits!
In the first image Liam edits in this tutorial, he mixes a preset from LXCR Presets and a profile from ORE Presets to get a one-of-a-kind style!
In this episode of Archipelago Edits, Liam will edit close-up portrait images focusing on retouching in Lightroom, using Archipelago's presets and tools.
Photo by Francesco Rossi
TIP #3: Use the HSL panel to dial in specific color groups in your subject’s skin to remove unwanted colors.
HOT TIP: The AI Portrait Toolset helps you adjust skin hues with the click of a button, which is super fast and helpful to correct color casts!
Learn how to create shape, edit skin tones in Lightroom, and how to edit contrasting shades of skin in this video with Chris Dunn!
Photo by Anna Yung-Hwa
BONUS TIPS: Create beautiful self-portraits by using everything your surroundings have to offer to express yourself!
Use a light and sturdy tripod
Use a trigger system with your camera
Use your camera’s face-detection autofocus to help!
Join Loren and Chris for an in-depth look at self-portraiture. Creating a beautiful portrait is difficult enough when looking through the viewfinder, but turning that camera on yourself can be a much trickier proposition. They’ll discuss different techniques to help simplify this process along with the creative mindset to help go above and beyond with your imagery.
Photo by Loren X Chris
Did you see your favorite portrait photographing or editing tip mentioned in one of these tutorials? Tell us your fave tip in the comments!!
