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Canon EOS 55 film camera, £8.99 on eBay! It's the Japenese version of the Canon EOS 50 (UK) or Elan II (US). Just ordered some rolls of Kodak Portra 160 to test it over the next couple of weeks. Both the camera & the film is new to me! Excited to shoot this Autumn now.

Admired it.. & longed to shoot.

Okay, I'll give it a try next time & I'll post the retouched photograph in here, see if I make any improvements haha. I'm no professional so I have no clients but I know that I, the subject in this thread, much prefer the edit to the original! Just need to refine a technique that doesn't make...

Thank you for the kind words. I've no experience working with the patch tool so that's something that I'll definitely look into!

Of course, charm in a photograph is essential & I'm not looking to create perfect skin, only to retouch blemishes in the skin. I feel my lack of skill has resulted in comments based on the idea I'm trying to acheive doll-like skin.. I'm not. I just don't know what I'm doing when it comes to...

Thanks for your time everyone, I'll take the suggestions on board. I'd just like to state I'm not necessarily looking to acheive perfect skin, but blemish (spots, redness, etc) free skin would be wonderfu! I have never attempted to retouch skin properly before so every photograph I post in...

This photograph was taken to be a challenge for me to retouch skin on, purposely taken to be, honestly, rather unflattering for learning purposes. The girl is me in 100% natural light wearing no make up & what I hope is a neutral expression. I aforementioned my overexcitement with my new lens...

I took that on board, cheers. I've tried again with only a little dabbling with the Surface Blur applied to the out of focus area's. I introduced a different technique this time as well. Firstly, I used the healing & spot healing brushes to remove redness in the skin tone. I then applied the...

Thanks for the honest critique, it does look like a mask! I'm going to attempt different techniques for retouching skin & I quite agree with the comment, I found it with the tutorials on Surface Blur before I attempted it but always thought that perhaps it had been overdone, it seems that this...

Original photograph: I find my own skin a challenge & so thought the best person to practise different techniques on would be myself. Oh & please note the shallow DOF is due to my being over excited by my new f/1.2 lens! I barely registered whether this was correctly exposed or not before I...

Had a rare day off of work & thought it'd be an opportunity to do something creative & a decent excuse to play with my recently purchased Canon 85mm f/1.2L II! For a few years I've done the odd retouching to my own satisfaction but for a while I've been eager to master retouching skin. After...

Currently slightly obsessed with the Arctic Monkey's album AM.

Might be handy to point out that the Metro (free paper on the trains) have that day's sunrise & sunset times amongst other forecasts on the inside of the cover. Found it useful on occasion!

If you're looking for inspiration, prep or perhaps just some artist research (it being for college & all haha) I'd recommend taking a look at Keith Carter's work! Beautiful traditional work with interesting use of focus & blur to add a dreamy look.

Completely agree & I'm someone whose only grown up in the digital age. I'm envious of some of these film SLR's listed, I think I'm due a new one! haha.