Kim, please forgive me but I just found this and it is 11:42 PM Saturday 12-29-07.
I have been going like a chicken without head lately I need a 48 hours day to get things done sorrryyyy.
Now, the Bible said "everything work together for good to those that love God" and I think this verse apply here for I find the suggestions given to you by Kimi were very, very good better than mine. Now after looking at your image and hers I will choose yours for the type of complextion you are talking about. Kimi's picture has a bit more contrast than yours and as I have stated before children images don't need as much contrast as an adults. I had find out with many years of frustrations that it is much more dificult to print black and dark brown skin tones than caucasians. So I keep a collection of pictures with those skin tones for reference. Now with Lightroom I have set them as presets and that have simplify my life.
Now, make sure you save that picture and the steps you took to get it ther for the future and place them on a file by itself for reference in the future. Make a notation as to under which lighting condition you took the picture. This is extreamly important for in my experience artificial light affects much more the brown and black skins than caucassians. In other words it is eassier to fix a white skin than a black sking under the same lighting conditions. Hope this help.
In the future please feel free to contact me at dondiegophoto at yahoo dot com I check this email every day.
I have been going like a chicken without head lately I need a 48 hours day to get things done sorrryyyy.
Now, the Bible said "everything work together for good to those that love God" and I think this verse apply here for I find the suggestions given to you by Kimi were very, very good better than mine. Now after looking at your image and hers I will choose yours for the type of complextion you are talking about. Kimi's picture has a bit more contrast than yours and as I have stated before children images don't need as much contrast as an adults. I had find out with many years of frustrations that it is much more dificult to print black and dark brown skin tones than caucasians. So I keep a collection of pictures with those skin tones for reference. Now with Lightroom I have set them as presets and that have simplify my life.
Now, make sure you save that picture and the steps you took to get it ther for the future and place them on a file by itself for reference in the future. Make a notation as to under which lighting condition you took the picture. This is extreamly important for in my experience artificial light affects much more the brown and black skins than caucassians. In other words it is eassier to fix a white skin than a black sking under the same lighting conditions. Hope this help.
In the future please feel free to contact me at dondiegophoto at yahoo dot com I check this email every day.