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These two photographs were taken in the studio for a wedding shoot. I used a top light on both of these photographs and a parabolic umbrella to enhance the light on this model.
The top picture was taken at a 1/60 shutter because there was very little movement and to let in as much light as possible without placing the camera on a tripod. My aperture was placed at 5.0 to keep a reasonably small depth of field but large enough to where I wouldn't lose her face or the flowers. My ISO was 400 due to the slow shutter. When put into photoshop I desaturated the wood because it had a strong yellow tint. I brightened the color of the flowers with an adjustment layer only on the flowers. I smoothed her skin by changing the layer to vivid light, inverting it and creating a high pass to blur her skin. I put a mask on top of the layer and painted her skin so it would appear smooth. I also transformed the dress into a strapless dress by using the stamp tool. The final edit I made on this picture was adding a light vignette to create more of a focus on the model and to create an elegant effect.
For the second picture I had an ISO of 200 because there was a lot of light present, an aperture of 3.2 due to how close she was and to keep a small depth of field. A small depth of field makes it clear to viewers that the focus of this photograph is the flowers. My shutter was placed at 1/160 due to the amount of light. This picture was originally a portrait but I felt as though it was too tight on her elbows so I expanded the canvas and recreated the background. I used the same process to smooth her skin as the picture above and I used the burn tool to make her shoulder blades stand out.