In this tutorial we will add body and shine to our models hair to aid us in achieving our over all glamour photo effect.
As in the other tutorials in this glamour series we will continue to use the same photo on the right. I found this photo on http://www.sxc.hu/. If you click on the image to the right it will take you to the original that I started with if you want to follow along.
Alright so let us get started….
- First open the image in photo shop and make a copy of the background layer. Then turn off the background layer by clicking on the eye next to it. This is a good practice to get into just in case something goes really really bad. Things only seem to go really really bad for me when I skip this step .
- Go to Filter < Liquify and select the Freeze Mask Tool
and paint over the face and any skin close to the hair. By doing this we are protecting the face and skin from any distortions we make to the hair.
- Now select the Bloat Tool
and set your brush size just large enough to cover the width of the hair. Now go over the hair and click. This will slightly expand the hair giving it more body. If you hold done the mouse it will expand rapidly so I prefer to just click until I have achieved the look I want. If you expand it too much you can use the Reconstruct Tool 
to reduce the bloating.
- Once you feel you have added enough body click Ok to apply the changes and exit the liquify filter. We have now successfully added body. Although the changes may seem subtle that is the name of the game. All these subtle changes combine to give the over all glamour effect.
- Now our next step is to give the hair a little bit of healthy shine. Select the Dodge Tool
. Now pick a brush a tad smaller than the expanded hair. Set the brush exposure around 20%, and the range to Highlights - Now change the exposure to 10% and change the range to midtones and brush over the hair again.
- Select the Burn Tool
. Set the Exposure to 10% and the range to shadows. Now brush over the hair to darken the shadows which will make the hair look thick and shiny.
This effect may look subtle and in all reality it is. But when used with the other effects in this glamour series it plays a large part in the over all look.
Follow the entire glamour photo series by clicking on the links below:
Back to the Glamour Photo Tutorial
