Racoon Eyes

[HolyCowPhotography]

I did my nieces senior pictures a few weeks ago. The day we did the shoot it was a rainy, cloudy day. I ended up with quite a few shots with her with what I am going to call "racoon eyes." Any suggestions on how to edit the photo's to fix them so we don't have to do the shoot again would be wonderful.

 

[runnah]

Post an example.

 

[JAC526]

This doesn't help for now but next time use a reflector or fill flash. Make sure and shoot the fill flash from above at an angle.

 

[usayit]

Fill flash.. or .. reflector.

 

[tirediron]

Without and example, it's hard to say; typically, there's not much you can do to fix severe under-exposure. Careful use of the 'Dodge' tool, or if you have Lightroom or another application with selective enhancement tools, a light application of the exposure brush might help, but as mentioned above, this is always best taken care of in-camera.

 

[JSER]

Gosh the Americans have some odd sayings

Do you mean "red eye"

 

[Buckster]

Portrait Professional has a relight tool that can often help with this sort of thing.

 

[Rwsphotos]

No JESR op means they gave dark shadows around the eyes. It looks a lot like the black ring around a raccoons eyes. Fill flash are reflector would help avoid the problem. As how to fix in post I really have no idea.

 

[KmH]

Dark eye sockets are commonly known as 'raccoon eyes' here in the USA. Red eye is an issue caused by the light source reflecting off the retina of an eye.

An editing technique known as 'dodging' can often be used. Dodging lightens an area of an image. Adobe - tutorial : Dodge, burn, sponge, and smudge
The opposite technique is known as 'burning', which makes an area of a photo darker.
Dodging and burning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Another option is to select the area you want to lighten, feather the selection, copy the selection to a new layer, change the blending mode, and suitably adjust the opacity of the layer.
Blend modes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How effective the issue can be corrected will depend on the editing software used and the skill of the person using the software.

As mentioned, using strobed light as the main light source at the time the image is made, or using fill flash is usually the best solution to the problem.