Comments on: Add Freckles To Your Next Portrait

By: Francisco León

Francisco León — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:06:00 +0000

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing!

By: JustinGillPhoto

JustinGillPhoto — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:08:00 +0000

Photoshop is LOTS of fun, enhancing my photos that I’ve already taken pains to light correctly, compose correctly, make sure hair/makeup/clothing all look great, etc. Granted there’s a steep never-ending learning curve, but hopefully fstoppers can commit to higher caliber contributions than a Photoshop tut that looks fake and makes the model look worse than the original.

By: JustinGillPhoto

JustinGillPhoto — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:08:00 +0000

By: Brooke Mathews

Brooke Mathews — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:10:00 +0000

I feel like she just looks dirty. There are areas on the face that freckles aren’t. Like under and above the eyes. The shoulder looks great, but the face is to much.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:37:00 +0000

Like any tutorial, you can apply this to your work in whatever portions you see fit.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:37:00 +0000

…and now you know a technique if you decide to “waste time”

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:35:00 +0000

Perhaps you could, but then what kind of fun would photoshop be?

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:33:00 +0000

Yes you can. This is a tutorial, and it is showing how far you can take the technique. Like any and all tutorials, the idea is to show you a method, and to allow you to use it in your own work however you see fit.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:32:00 +0000

We post photo series and people complain they want more behind the scenes and tutorials, we post behind the scenes and tutorials and people complain more. The nature of the internet is if you have something negative to say you apparently have every right to say it. While I think the freckles in this tutorial might be a little more than I would do, the emphasis is on the technique. You can take this technique and use it however you like. Over dramatic, or just a little bit extra for your photo.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:30:00 +0000

If you look, the freckles on the highlighted areas of skin are lighter than the freckles in the darker areas. Seems like everything is still in compliance to me.