The first thing we’re going to do is reshape the head a bit so that the model’s face is a little slimmer and less full. We encourage you to download the original picture of the model so that you can follow along with the tutorial. Our goal is to fix those shadows and give her face some more natural shape and definition. The light in her eyes is also making her squint, which contributes to her face looking puffy. Since the bright light is directly hitting her face, we’re not seeing any of the normal shadows that would help to define its shape. The model’s face in this picture looks very round and full-but that’s more of a trick of the light than anything.
It’s about making them look the way they naturally look under the best possible conditions.įor this tutorial, we’ll be using a photo by photographer Michael Miller that was purposefully shot with harsh, direct midday lighting to show an example of what happens to a model when photographed under these conditions. The Adobe Photoshop technique we’re about to show you isn’t about giving your subject a skinny body type, and it’s definitely not about turning them into an inhumanly airbrushed, ultra-thin cartoon character. In fact, in our countdown of the worst movie posters ever, that was our main beef with the movie poster for “The Heat,” where Melissa McCarthy is slimmed down to the point of being unrecognizable. There’s nothing we hate more than when designers reinforce unrealistic body expectations by using Photoshop to slim down models until they look nothing like their actual self. But there’s a simple way to fix those mistakes and bring out your subject’s natural beauty. Maybe the lighting was off, the angle was bad, or the subject’s posture was unflattering. Ever hear the phrase “the camera adds ten pounds?” Any number of things can go wrong during a photo shoot and make the subject look heavier than they actually are.
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