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Tatiana (46)
Maria74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 551 W: 90 N: 630] (5997)
Tatiana is my brother's girlfriend, and hopefully my future sister-in-law.
This photo was taken with no set up, unfortunatelly. I would love to make her pose for me more often, but she is quite shy and not very keen on the idea :(
The two of us get very well together, and she likes a lot our 'make up sessions'...with me putting make up on her, that is. This is taken after one of them.
I am aware this is not a real portrait, and not artistic as well...but I any suggestions&opinions might be usuful to me for future reference.

I used the flash (which I almost never do), so the light on her face is too flat? I added some grain because of that (not a good idea?)

Anyhow, have a lovely weekend everyone, I miss being around more often, but it's impossible for the time being.

*******added original as a WS********

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Maria74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 551 W: 90 N: 630] (5997)
Smooth
Edited by:amoriconi2 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 59 W: 73 N: 17] (468)

I did not like the grain so I
- removed noise
- shrinked the image
- sharpened a bit
- added frame.

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Maria74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 551 W: 90 N: 630] (5997)
original
Edited by:Maria74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 551 W: 90 N: 630] (5997)

Here is the original shot of Tatiana, with no grain and less crop of the upper part, which now I see might be better.
The light on her face I found too flat, but maybe I wasn't right...I must say I used Loreal's 'Cashmere' foundation that does wonders, and made her complexion so nicely even (I think).
Thankyou all for your feedback, and feel free to use this one as a potential for Workshops!

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Maria74 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 551 W: 90 N: 630] (5997)
Level adjustment+frame
Edited by:cyberglobe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 244 W: 80 N: 87] (1326)

Here's just what I did,
- Adjusted the contrast
- Added a frame

Hope you like it Maria, please tell me what you think of it.
Cheers,
Mohammad