January Image - Lakota girl

How I did it -

The model in this photo is 50% Native American, the daughter of a Lakota Sioux chief, and had naturally ruddy skin. I had difficulty getting that right so I converted it to monochrome in a sepia tone. I flipped the image horizontally to avoid reading into her back. I used a combination of cloning, the healing brush and a blur layer to smooth out her teenage skin. In this color version, I brought back color to her lips and a little to her cheeks. I cropped in close to emphasize her lovely face.

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Nancy Parker - Biography I am a retired university professor.  I currently volunteer one day a week in research at the Missouri Botanical Garden on “The Flora of Missouri” project.  I have taken pictures casually since I got my first Brownie Hawkeye camera when I was about 12.  I got my first 35 mm camera, a Canon AE1, about 40 years ago.  I shot kids, grandkids, and mostly nature for years and was “official” field and lab photographer for a large botany group at the university, shooting slides.  I joined the St. Louis Camera Club in 2002 and PSA in 2006.   Within the past five years I have discovered Photoshop and, continuing my march through the Canon EOS series,  moved to digital with the 30D.  I still like to shoot nature but I now shoot a variety of subjects and LOVE playing in Photoshop, although I am still a novice.