Cold Morning

Mixed light, Venice Beach California

What did he just do?

Interesting! Clearly this young man is either mad at you or simply doesn't trust you.

PHOTOSHOP, PHOTOSHOP, PHOTOSHOP!!! its a great program, and could make this photo SHINE!!!!! I will mess with it a little, and email it to you.

The key is NOT to use Photoshop. Photoshop is a crutch for those uninterested in proper exposure. It can certainly be a good tool but certainly not the end all be all. Try shooting good images on film and then you will know how good a photographer you are. I shoot 90% digitally and ONLY use it to touch up a zit or increase levels a bit. Oh yeah, much easier to crop then sending to a lab. I'm interested in seeing how you can juice this image up without it looking like Photoshop eye candy. Thanks

I emailed it to you, and all I did was retouch it. I am not saying that every photo needs photoshop, but this one does IMO. You had another one in this folder that was very nice of this same guy. Better skin tones and all. I will have to say that messing with this photo's skin tones was hard, because instead of getting warmer, he looked like he was getting sunburned, but never the less, Its just a suggestion:) I meant no offense:)

Read this to learn how to color balance skin:

 

http://www.carlvolk.com/photoshop18.htm

 

You need to know some color theory before you can apply it to Photoshop.