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The hardness of the light will generate dark shadows. The direction of the light will place those shadows in unattractive positions underneath the subject's eyes and nose. One solution is to move the subject into the shade where he will be lit by skylight rather than sunlight. Skylight comes from a large source and is therefore diffuse. Diffuse light does not cast strong shadows. Skylight is also rather blue and, if you are using color slide film, you might have to place a warming filter (e.g., 81D) over the lens to get natural skin tone.
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I'm going to start this essay with a provocative statement: Anyone who is, or wants to be doing image editing at a professional level needs to be as comfortable with Curves as they are with breathing. Is that bold enough? Do I have your attention now? If I were forced to give up all but one image adjustment tool, the one I would keep would be Curves. Think of Curves as your one shopping source for improving images the way the pros do.

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Devoted to the exchange of Photoshop actions among users as a service to the image editing community.

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In this episode of Digital Photography One on One, Mark Wallace [SnapFactory.com] explains Key Shifting and how your shutter speed affects exposure when using an external flash.

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Fashion White Skin (video tutorial)

Hide Cover Title (video tutorial)

Correcting Yellow Photos Quickly (video tutorial)

light : Monoblock flash head in large softbox
.Set almost at zenit , inclined.Single light source.

Monoblock on medium softbox, mid-high, single light source, reflected with silver reflector.