I {Heart} Faces: Fix-it-Friday

I LOVE Fix-it-Fridays and was so looking forward to having a photo to practice on after taking a break last week for Thanksgiving.

This picture is adorable! It makes me want to get a cute chair and take my daughter out for a photo shoot ... once the weather gets warmer of course.

Here's the photo SOOC:



And here's my edit (done in PSE7):

Isn't she a cutie? I'm loving her adorable outfit too!

I ran some various layer adjustments (levels, brightness/contrast) before running a creative action from Everyday Elements and adding a few photo veils from Love That Shot. I think when I first started learning how to edit, I went overboard and took the photo to a place where it didn't look natural anymore, so I've been trying to practice the "less is more" philosophy in my editing process lately. I like the sweet feel of this edit.

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