how to get this skin color tone?

<p>hello every one. its my very first post in this forum.</p>

<p>i have a question regarding color tone on the picture i am submitting, taken from facebook page (of photographer).<br /> is this any type of preset/action or plugin like editing? or manual toning?<br /> suggestions are highly appreciated ..<a href="https://scontent-sit4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/s960x960/13735051_1039888026060050_5036567427165362245_o.jpg">link</a></p><p><B>Moderator: Per the photo.net Terms of Use, do not post photos you did not take. Changed to link.</b></p>

<p>First of all the image is done with flash or even a reflector (even though it is unlikely). And shot with a large aperture.</p>

<p>Secondly, you can accomplish the rest in a hundred different ways. Background is a little warm which in part comes naturally from using flash on the subject and also shooting when the sun is on it's way down. and desaturated.</p>

<p>Heavy smoothing/retouch of face. Clean colors comes from using flash but it's also very easy and common to selectively change the skin color when retouching. Classic technique for white silkysmooth skin is to desaturate slightly and then increase the brightness. It depends on what skin color the subject had from the beginning. If you use the color picker in whatever you edit in you can see the R,G,B values of the skin and replicate it in another image.</p>

<p>For advanced users sometimes showing skin colors in CMYK can be easier when you aiming for something. Photoshop for instance can show values in CMYK without actually editing in CMYK.</p>

<p>It's actually a good idea to have a sample image side to side with your own image when you are trying to get the same look. Also as I mentioned remember to use the color picker to check RGB values in the sample image. Use it on whatever you want to check, not only the skin.</p>