How i edited my chosen photo for my front cover

I chose the following photo for my front cover :

I liked this photo as i felt it would look good on my front page and i am using the theme of hands.

I then began by photoshopping my photo so it looks apropriate for my front page, i decided that i wanted change the backgrund to a block colour, because there were lots of shadows and colour differences in the background. I then used the clone tool, as highlighted in the picture to fill in my background appropriately.

Afterwards i decided i wanted my photo slightly brighter so i brightened my photo.

I also began then making the lips slightly bigger by adding more lipstick to them with the clone stamp tool:

I then cropped my photo to make it a more appropriate size

I then had fully photoshopped my photograph