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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 219345" data-attributes="member: 12827">The one thing that really bugs me is when a photographer goes way overboard on smoothing skin tones, especially the face. It makes the model look like a mannequin. The plastic look is all the rage with some photographers but for me it just looks stupid. Some models have a bit of a rough complexion and evening that out a little is fine. But to turn their skin to plastic is just plain ridiculous. Below is an example of what I am talking about. On the left is a basically un-retouched photo of Amber, a model I have shot quite a bit. She has a very nice complexion and some subtle makeup really hid any flaws. On the right is a purposely over-smoothed rendition of this image. It may look cartoonish but I have seen some which are even worse. It looks stupid and very fake and in my opinion at least, not flattering at all. People are supposed to have some texture to their skin!<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/ambersmoothing.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/ambersmoothing.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 219345, member: 12827"] The one thing that really bugs me is when a photographer goes way overboard on smoothing skin tones, especially the face. It makes the model look like a mannequin. The plastic look is all the rage with some photographers but for me it just looks stupid. Some models have a bit of a rough complexion and evening that out a little is fine. But to turn their skin to plastic is just plain ridiculous. Below is an example of what I am talking about. On the left is a basically un-retouched photo of Amber, a model I have shot quite a bit. She has a very nice complexion and some subtle makeup really hid any flaws. On the right is a purposely over-smoothed rendition of this image. It may look cartoonish but I have seen some which are even worse. It looks stupid and very fake and in my opinion at least, not flattering at all. People are supposed to have some texture to their skin! [URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/ambersmoothing.jpg.html"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/ambersmoothing.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]

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