When I was very young..

When I was only a couple of hours old, CodeBastard took me by the hand and we went to a few places. She gave me a lovely pair of red pumps and my first Linden Dollars. I spent some of that money at this place, where I bought three skins. It was the last night of an event called Another Fundraiser. All money raised was going to be donated to Unicef, and besides, according to Codie $L50 for a skin is pretty cheap.

Later we went to Codie's studio, where I was allowed to watch her doing a photoshoot. I took some snapshots myself. Most of them of the model, Sean Gorham, but also two of Codie. Neither of these two is very good to start with, but I made an attempt to ensure that at least one is preserved for posterity. I'm not saying I succeeded, but at least I tried. This is a part of the original snapshot:



I'll give you the short version of what I did.
Oh and let's not focus on the fact that Codie's left arm seems to disappear right through her dress. There's not much I can do to fix that.. :)
Brightened up the whole picture.
I got rid of a few rough edges (for example, the right shoulder)
Fixed the left upper arm, so it no longer looks like Codie has been on steroids.
Changed the blending mode of two layers, and I did some additional dodging and burning.



I'd love to hear what you think of it. Also, tell me if there is anything you would have done differently. Please leave a comment here or on Flickr.