I suppose like all things Photoshop just takes practice. The blending modes and layer adjustments have frustrated me for so long that I sat down and begun to just work on an image step by step. This year I started to take more portraits and as the year rolls on I am quite happy with the progress. And with time the Photoshop part will become part of the routine.

In this post I am including a portrait of a model I photographed back in the fall of 2012. I think she might have forgotten about this image but at least I have a clear conscience now that I worked on it. I didn't go beyond the face. The hair probably could use some tweaks but I am happy with the result.