Portraits Blur+Filter+Lighting Effect

2. I used a big light thingy to cast light on Melanie. I also turned off all the lights in the room to get good contrast. I surface blurred all the pictures and exsaggerated the blue in the eyes. Then I added a filter and Lens flare to two.

3. My streangh was the blur, I really liked doing that, my weekness was the filter, I couldn't really find the right mood. I loved the contrast that the dark room made and I love how the lens flare turned out and the Blur. I didn't like, however, the fact that in the third one the face was a bit out of focus. I was surprised at how Melanie's face wouldn't lighten with the lens flare, I don't know if I like ho you can't see her face.