In this case, our subject has a trademark mole just to the right of her chin. Should you remove it, or…
This is a tricky retouching question I get asked a lot (the question is tricky, not the technique itself, which is simple), and the question is:
“When I’m retouching a portrait, and the subject has a very prominent mole or scar, should I remove it?”
This is tricky because in still photos, facial blemishes and moles and such don’t just stand out, they’re exaggerated, but if you remove them, then not only are you removing something that is part of their facial character, you run the risk of people who know the subject realizing that the image been retouched (and if they removed that mole, what else did they do?).
There’s lots of reasons not to remove it, but…how about instead just reducing the effect of the facial feature so it doesn’t stand out? That way it looks more like it did when you were standing right in front of the person. Here’s how it’s done.
Well, there ya go. I hope you found that helpful.
Have a great weekend, everybody. Stay warm, stay safe, and be kind to everybody, especially if their team just won the SuperBowl.
-Scott
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