"Emma at the Beach"

I digitally painted this portrait of my daughter for her grandfolk for Christmas. I used two crappy shots I took. I thought the lighting of the two would allow a "realistic" merge. Yep, I made Gramma bawl again LOL! priceless. I am embarrassed to show the original photos but, they show just how far I had to go with this one LOL.... Tracey loves challenges! However, my photography skills need some major work...in my defense, horrible digital camera was used. Just purchased a Canon S3 IS 12x zoom digital camera. I hope to teach myself to use it this year.