Sometimes you as a photographer get it all wrong. A beautifull model all of a sudden does not look that beautifull anymore. It's not the fault of the model, it's yours, you made her look fat. watch the poses and watch the light and you'll probably end up with a nice picture.
But when you get it all wrong, fix it. I used to go into photoshop and start using the liquify tool, although it is a great tool, it does sometimes to much. It does not only fix the problematic part it also mess's up body parts or props which are closeby.
During one of my evening scrolls over the internet I found this interesting tool which gives you much more control when modifying body parts. It is called puppet warp. Since I can't show you, I 'll describe it 'steno' style.
Use the pen tool to make a rough selection around the problematic part (It's ok to make a large selection)
After finishing the path, make it into a selection (CTRL - ENTER)
Make a copy in a new layer of the selection (CTRL - SHIFT - C and CTRL - V )
Convert the new layer into a smart object.
Make a puppet warp of the smart object(Edit -> puppet warp)
Add anker points - click on the grid (anker points are points which will not move when dragging the grid)
Start dragging the grid points and watch what happens.
It takes some playing around with the tool, before you get the hang of it. But once you do, you will never go back to liquify again. Have fun.
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