It's been a while since my last haircut and for some reason my hair was really bothering me today. I just wanted to give my hair a slight trim and to take away some bulk from my overly thick hair. I've never been happy with getting my hair trimmed, I always end up with hair shorter than I wanted, so I figured I'd just cut it myself. It's not my first time cutting my own hair, but it's probably my favorite result.
I didn't take a before photo, but I liked the results so much I took an after photo and decided to take the opportunity to practice some retouching. I wanted to keep things as natural looking as possible. Meaning I wanted to look like myself, just slightly more polished. I'm not wearing makeup in the before photo, so I also decided to add some subtle color.
Untouched SOOC:
While editing I noticed the catch light in my eyes were reflecting the two windows that acted as my direct light source. The more I looked at it the more it bugged me, so that had to go as well. That one change probably made the biggest difference in the before and after photo.
I didn't take a before photo, but I liked the results so much I took an after photo and decided to take the opportunity to practice some retouching. I wanted to keep things as natural looking as possible. Meaning I wanted to look like myself, just slightly more polished. I'm not wearing makeup in the before photo, so I also decided to add some subtle color.
Untouched SOOC:
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Retouched:
Getting rid of one set of catch lights in my eyes made them eyes look slightly flatter than I would have liked, so that's something I'll need to work on, but overall I'm happy with the result! I brightened the overall picture up and decided to blur up the background a little bit via Lightroom. Not sure which version I like better.
Last but not least, a few more dramatic edits. I'm still trying to keep it natural looking. Here I added more noticeable eyeliner, a light touch of eye shadow, cropped the image, and added a touch of light coming from the left. I also increased the luminance of my reds to keep my face from being washed out and flattened by the "light". Oh, and I reduced the dryness that lined the outside of my lower lip by blending the color of the fuller part of my lips outwards. I kept a slight color variation to keep the lips from looking retouched.
Viola!
Last but not least, a few more dramatic edits. I'm still trying to keep it natural looking. Here I added more noticeable eyeliner, a light touch of eye shadow, cropped the image, and added a touch of light coming from the left. I also increased the luminance of my reds to keep my face from being washed out and flattened by the "light". Oh, and I reduced the dryness that lined the outside of my lower lip by blending the color of the fuller part of my lips outwards. I kept a slight color variation to keep the lips from looking retouched.
Viola!
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