I never throw away any photos. It’s a habit I’ve kept from shooting film. When I was reviewing the work, I found I liked Carina’s expression in this frame although it was underexposed because my stupid Yongnuo flash couldn’t recycle fast enough. It was partially my fault. I should’ve used fresh batteries but I thought the slight extra wait with the old batteries would be acceptable… until it wasn’t. We were working on a smeared lipstick concept and discovered you need to smear a lot of lipstick for the effect to show up. I worked only with brightness, contrast, and saturation adjustments and a wee bit of white balance. I added a little more grain to push the noisy look because I thought it looked cool. I like the subtlety of the smear and the skin textures. I think it’s a very sensuous image. Good thing I didn’t delete the original file. @samsanchezphoto