This little girl is really lovely and beautiful, but with a bit of baby powder (to make her face white), a bit of lipstick (she applied it herself)and an ability to pull a wicked face, she makes a great deamon child.
I used Photoshop to edit the photo. I copied the image into another layer then applied a gausian blur to the bottom layer and erased most of the background from the top layer. I adjusted hue/saturation, color balance, and levels to both layers. I put on a layer mask and enhanced the lip color. I used the burn tool to darken some distracting light areas in the background. I cropped the image and added a border and resized it and saved it for web.
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One of my challenge favorites, except for the frame. I'm glad she is holding a doll (rather than a knife or something), though I think an older doll might have worked better. Still, interesting accident how the 'V' her fingers make mirror the 'V' of the doll's eyebrows! Btw, I thought this was one of the "too" children (timfythetoo or aimeethetoo).
Oh dear... see, this is what happens to little girls who wish dearly for a Ballerina Barbie, but instead, end up with a Sailor Scout... She'll never forgive you for this, and quite rightly too.
Love the soft colours, focus, angle of view and naturally, the devilish expression on your young model ;) Well done capturing this moment!
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