Skin tone look ok?

[mommywesley]

So this is from my very first shoot, ever. Luckily I have met this amazing local photographer that is teaching me, and she came a long to help.

In editing my pictures I was having to drop the Saturation to get rid of the really orange skin tone, I had the WB wrong, so that is why I ran into issues.

Anyway, I've attached both the SOOC and the Edited pic. Just want to know if her skin tone looks good, and any other feedback is welcome.

EXIF:

ISO: 800
55mm
f/7.1
1/160sec

[SusanH1970]

Pretty girl! The tones and exposure actually look better to me in the SOOC.

[mommywesley]

Thanks!

After uploading, I noticed that the orange skin must be coming from my post processing, bumping the brightness and contrast etc, then I'd need to drop the saturation to counter the orange feel I was getting. So maybe a little less processing, and bringing my excitement down a few notches will help keep my head clear and a better eye in the editing hehe.

[xxrayna]

If you're using photoshop you could try using color balance to reduce the orange tone.

[mommywesley]

I'm just using Lightroom right now, but I have CS2 that I will be getting into soon as well, just have to relearn the program as it's been years since I've used it.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

[Peely22]

Hi,

I'm seeing the same orangy tones; smacks of wrong foundation rather than wrong processing!?
The top right of her head is heading towards over exposed, so, what you could do to recover this, in lightroom, is use the edit brush and overexpose the background a notch? And go B&W.
Just a thought.
It's what I did with this shot to rescue it.
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