Help with retouching

[brbrown2]

Hey!
I'm a beginner with retouching but I've always liked to play around with my photo's... see what I can come up with.
I have no reason to retouch this photo, I simply just want to learn new skills.
Anyone that would like to retouch this (any way they would like) and then explain to me what they used/how they did it? I'm interested in trying to use some of your techniques to better my skills.
I'm interested in learning more about...
brightening darker parts of the image,
smoothed the skin skin... where it still has a natural feel,
brightening eye-whites
saturated irises,
enlarging eyes
fake eyelashes would be cool to learn too (even though this is a boy in the photograph lol)...still would like to learn how.
CHANGING BACKGROUNDS!
basically just changing the image in different ways.

Also if you could provide the before and after photo as well... although not necessary
thanks for your help!!

[0lBaldy]

Re: Help with retouching

Hey!
I'm a beginner with retouching but I've always liked to play around with my photo's... see what I can come up with.
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Anyone that would like to retouch this (any way they would like) and then explain to me what they used/how they did it?
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Also if you could provide the before and after photo as well... although not necessary
thanks for your help!!

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For someone to work on your picture... a larger copy would be a great help..

If you use Photoshop you can post fairly large pictures which are under 100k using the save for web function in Photoshop as described here:
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If you want to post a larger resolution that is over 100K then you can host your image elsewhere and attach a link in the thread, but also please attach an under 100K version, (so the thread remains useful in the future, regardless of external links).
Other Hosts if you do not have your own site:
ImageVenue.com (3Meg max, free) pixentral.com (2Meg max, free) photobucket.com (1 Meg max free, 5 Meg PRO) mediafire.com (100 Meg per file, free)
Post a link in the thread to the site that is hosting the larger image.