Holly, Jolly, Christmas

 I loved this expression on Emma-Caroline's face. She is having a ball at Christmas this year. The lighting in this photo, though, is really off. The original was very dark, so I decided to play around with it in Photoshop. The above editing is done with more exposure and of course black and white. The below shot is cropped closer and I gave it a glow and muted color wash for an old timey affect. Neither photo edit is awesome, but it allows a ho hum, poorly lit photo to at least have some more interesting qualities about it. The most important thing I have learned in this 365 project is, even if a photo is not the best in lighting, it doesn't mean it needs to be thrown to the curb, especially if  you have captured a priceless expression like the one on Emma-Caroline's face above. It's worth it to play around with it in Photo Shop or other editing process to see how you can make it better.