I was going to keep track of each step as I edited this photo, but I did so much I kind of got lost!

Here is a general run down of what I did:
1)Opened the photo in ACR and increased exposure, brightness, and warmed it up a bit
2)Opened in Photoshop CS3
3)Did a defog filter>sharpen>unsharp mask amount 35% Radius 5.6 Threshold 6
3)Created a curves layer and brought up the exposure some more and added some contrast
4)Created another curves layer and used it to color correct the skin
5)Did a TON of skin editing. This needed lots of spot healing brush and patch tool work. I think the skin looks a little overdone, but it needed a ton of work.
6)Ran MCP Actions Powder your Nose and brushed it on the cheeks.
7)Ran MCP Actions Eye Doctor and sharpened just the right eye since it was a bit out of focus
8)Cropped and sharpened for web

Maybe next week I’ll do a better job and keep track of every single step

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