It’s water under the bridge. For me, next time I’d shoot what I want for me and let him do the same. I never photograph personally because someone’s said ‘you should take this’. That right is reserved for my wife (rarely).
It’s water under the bridge. For me, next time I’d shoot what I want for me and let him do the same. I never photograph personally because someone’s said ‘you should take this’. That right is reserved for my wife (rarely).
For the person themselves, the glowy skin is mainly down to ‘painting the image’ AKA retouching. You can see versions of this in B&W photos hand coloured: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand-colouring_of_photographs
I did a headshot for a modelling friend hoping to get back into the business in the mid 80’s. Another mutual friend’s dad (an award winning commercial photographer/printer) did the print & retouching. It was almost as if the print had been painted when you looked at it close up, but from three feet away the model was flawless, not a hair out of place & no skin blemishes.