Portrait After, originally uploaded by Eric Takes Pictures.

In my home, I have a wall that is full of portraits that I have done over the years.  This guy, my sister’s nephew, came to my house and announced that he wanted to get on the wall.  So, I took out my camera and produced a series of portraits.  The challenge for this portrait was present his eyes in a way that made them stand out.  

While I did not change or enhance his eye color, I did change the surrounding colors to bring out the color of his eyes.  When I shoot portraits, my goal is the present the subject in a way that makes them look their best.  Sometimes that means the selective enhancement of colors or at other times, it means creative cropping.  At least half of my time on a portrait is spent in post processing and photo enhancement.    

You can see an untouched picture of this person here.