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Old 03-05-2008   #11 (permalink)
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Default Re: Photographing children

kimapali,

Great shots, she is adorable. As far as the red ball, I am having the exact same problem with a portrait I have. I tried the Spot Healing, I tried making a new layer and the erasing tool, all that did was erase the area and I had a black and white grid left. I even tried the wand to highlight the area that I need changed or fixed and it grabbed it but at the same time it also grabbed part of the womens face. I just found a PC PHoto Mag from Dec 2007 and there is an article about Photosho Elements in it and it looks like the same thing we need. I will read it and see what happens if It helps.

My problem, I had taken a candid of the lead actress while others were reading lines on stage in rehearsal and she had a very pensive look. Very nice shot, but, on my flash shadow there looks like a line from a double shadow. I cant fix it or remove it. It isn't too bad on the monitor, but when I printed it, the double shadow was terrible. I will link it here to show even though she's not a child. If anybody objects to this link, just say so and I will remove it as soon as I get notified of the post. Thanks.

On the shadow in back on our left look closely at the top left and follow it down like an outline to her shoulder then it goes off to the left again and follows the shoulder line. On my print, it looks like a 1/4 inch border about a 1/4 inch in from the edge and just slightly lighter then the rest of the whole shadow. I also have Elements Classroom in a book and I have to go thru it to find a correction for this. Please, let me know what you all think and give me ideas of what to do. This is a great shot and I want to put it in a new portfolio.

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