Balancing Color for different Skin tones

At my neice's garden wedding, there were four bridesmaids, three of the

blondest white girls you ever saw, and one African-American girl with a

beautiful rich medium brown skin tone. My neice is also quite blond (and drop-

dead gorgeous, my side of the family, no doubt).

The problem was it was VERY hot that day in the garden and the girls were quite

flushed from the heat. So the blond girls grew rather red while it didn't show

so much on the black girl.

My problem comes from PP, if I make the white girls look 'right' (and not

so 'RED'), the young black girl has an unhealthy yellow cast. If I make the

black girl look 'right', the white girls look like tall willowy beets.

How do you guys resolve this issue? do I make everyone look a little 'off'? I'm

using Lightroom, if that makes a difference. I'm reluctant to go into an editor

and make selective color corrections, but I don't see any alternative. Is there

something I could have done at shooting time to minimize this issue?

FYI, I'm cross posting in FourThirdsForum.com

Sounds like selective editing is the only way to go. Mask out the brown skin, adjust everything else, then reverse the mask and correct the brown skin.

You may be able to automate it using Photoshop actions if all you have to select is brown skin.

Later,

Paulsky

Select the reddish girls' faces and use "replace color" in photoshop. Select just the red parts

and tone down the saturation a tad. Don't over do it.

Zofia's idea is better. If the Caucasian skin tones are the only thing out of whack, focus on them. That way the rest of the scene will be better balanced.

Later,

Paulsky