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Added 2025-04-05 07:30:01 +0000 UTC

I'm having troubles with the photos of Maria.
She's been one of the most exciting models to work with, open to experiments and helpful in every way, but my limited capacity to retouch pictures means that most of her charms is lost in translation from face to face contact to published images.
In particular, her eye sockets, with that dark circles around the eyes is somewhat ruining the experience for the observer.
It is one of her inherent characteristics, and Annalisa or Naike have the very same problem, but in the case of Maria it is even more pronounced.
Having no make-up as I usually require is not helping, but not even glasses are helping (albeit having her smiling is usually solving the problem completely), it is something I have to fix as much as possible with retouching.
The first bunch of photos until now have been posted with no retouching of the dark circles, including the one of today, but they don't make justice to her incredible beauty, so I have to work harder on this issue.
I was planning to take her back in Italy during my August holidays for some days, and do at least 3 shootings in a row, but unless I manage to solve this problem, I will have to reconsider the plan... even if the rest of her appearance is utterly gorgeous from every side!
At the same time, it is one of her main traits, and I don't want to distort her natural appearance.

What do you think about the matter?
Is this detail bothering you in any way, or is it just my problem?

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