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I totally thought I could detach myself emotionally from this job, but turns out I can only work on it for small amounts of time before I need a break…
A new friend of mine just confided that she had a baby 5 years ago (full-term) that was stillborn. All she has are photographs of her little girl, and they’re not great. The 5th anniversary of her death is coming up in October and she thought it would be appropriate to have one of more of these shots touched up, enlarged for the occasion. When she saw some of the work I have around my house of my own kids and commented on how impressed she was, I simply couldn’t help but to offer to try to fix up her photos for her.
Sorry for the long intro to my question… The baby’s face has some discoloration – the photos were taken several hours after her birth. It’s not horrible, and for the most part I’ve managed to even things out. However, I’m having trouble with her lips. They’re, very very red – way too unnaturally red. I’ve tried so many things to make them look more natural, but nothing’s working (curves adjustment helped a bit). Should I leave them as-is? Frankly, with the skin touched-up, she looks more like a China doll than a baby. Maybe the lips should stay as they are as a reminder that she was real? I’m at a total loss here, and I apologize if this is not the proper forum for my question. If anyone has any advice on what to try, I’d love to hear it. I suppose I could ask the mother what she thinks, but I’m not sure I can bring my self to do that…
Thanks,
Dominique
A new friend of mine just confided that she had a baby 5 years ago (full-term) that was stillborn. All she has are photographs of her little girl, and they’re not great. The 5th anniversary of her death is coming up in October and she thought it would be appropriate to have one of more of these shots touched up, enlarged for the occasion. When she saw some of the work I have around my house of my own kids and commented on how impressed she was, I simply couldn’t help but to offer to try to fix up her photos for her.
Sorry for the long intro to my question… The baby’s face has some discoloration – the photos were taken several hours after her birth. It’s not horrible, and for the most part I’ve managed to even things out. However, I’m having trouble with her lips. They’re, very very red – way too unnaturally red. I’ve tried so many things to make them look more natural, but nothing’s working (curves adjustment helped a bit). Should I leave them as-is? Frankly, with the skin touched-up, she looks more like a China doll than a baby. Maybe the lips should stay as they are as a reminder that she was real? I’m at a total loss here, and I apologize if this is not the proper forum for my question. If anyone has any advice on what to try, I’d love to hear it. I suppose I could ask the mother what she thinks, but I’m not sure I can bring my self to do that…
Thanks,
Dominique
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