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- Chris Summers
I mostly shoot portraits of family members, typically my grandkids and sometimes the children of friends. If the pictures are just everyday types with casual poses I don't do much more than crop and adjust some sliders for exposure, highlights, shadows and color. But if they are of a more formal nature I tend to do more and will clean up faces that might have acne or other blemishes. I use a program called Portrait Pro Studio; it does a good job of smoothing skin, lessening wrinkles. It ads brightness to the eyes, whitens teeth, etc. I always end up making adjustments to what it suggests. I don't go overboard but I look at this as if I am a painter painting a portrait and take some artistic license in how I want the person to look. I just try not to go overboard. The program allows you to sculpt face shapes and change expressions, the shape of the nose and eyes, etc. You can even change eye and hair color but I never do that.