So I took this photo of my niece back in 2008, I had just purchased my first Canon DSLR camera and knew nothing about photography. Back then I thought this photo was pretty ok, but now I almost can’t stand to look at the original. So I decided to make the photo better. This photo was taken in front of a church with gravestones all around. Not exactly great to have in a portrait so I removed those. There were also a window on the church wall beside her head which I thought were distracting, so I removed that too. Next I gave the photo a little depth and blurred the background and finished it off with a few color and contrast adjustments. It’s so great to see that I have evolved over the years. I notice things now that I didn’t even think about when I first started taking photos. It can only get better from this point on! )