Please don't take this the wrong way, guys, I don't mean to be critical, I'm just adding an opinion. The edits here that just lighten the face make the face a little too light to my eye. It looks doctored or unreal. I think a compromise between totally lightened and a little too dark would look more natural.
Lightening the whole image works, too, and looks closer to "right" to my eye.
By the way, I really like the composition of this picture. I haven't used iPhoto for a while, but I remember it has a shadows tool of some kind. If I were you, I would give that a try on the whole photo, or just lighten the whole picture using the levels tool. When you get it edited to your liking, frame it!
Lightening the whole image works, too, and looks closer to "right" to my eye.
By the way, I really like the composition of this picture. I haven't used iPhoto for a while, but I remember it has a shadows tool of some kind. If I were you, I would give that a try on the whole photo, or just lighten the whole picture using the levels tool. When you get it edited to your liking, frame it!
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