How to make eyes in portraits pop using Lightroom

The first thing you notice about a great portrait is the eyes. Flat dull colourless eyes can really diminish the impact of a portrait.

In this tutorial, Gina shows you:

  • How to really make the eyes in your portraits stand out
  • The basic tweaks you can do in under 30 seconds using Lightrooms preloaded brush settings
  • How to tweak adjustment brush settings to suit your own images
  • A more advanced workflow that I use to bring out the colour and detail in eyes
  • How to remove veins from eyeballs using the spot removal tool

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