Sometimes when I show up to a photo session, it will take a baby or toddler a little bit to warm up to me.  They might be wondering who is this lady with a black box in front of her face?  Those first few inquisitive moments can definitely yield some of the best photos.  It’s those inquisitive eyes looking straight into the camera.  But, sometimes, their eyebrows give them away.

Do you remember that part in Toy Story where Mrs. Potato Head tells Mr. Potato Head to bring his angry eyebrows?

I used to just skip past these pictures during the culling process.  I thought the eyebrows ruined the photo, but then I started to think.  Those are just shadows.  I love everything else about the photo.  Why can’t I just get rid of the shadows.  ENTER CLONE TOOL.  Now I should stop for a second and say, I don’t think he looks angry…just a furrowed brow. 🙂

Okay, back to the clone tool.  I took a screen shot so you can see which tool I’m talking about.

Since I’m all about being fast, the shortcut for this tool is S.  Hold down alt and click what you want to cover up the area you are working on.  So, in this case, I clicked on the area of his forehead above the shadows.  Then click on the shadowed area (without holding alt down) to cover up the area.  I like to use about a 30% opacity, so it looks natural.  Then just keep going over the area, until all the shadows are gone. (oh and you’ll notice I used the same process to get rid of the scratch on his nose.)

Here’s the finished result.  No furrowed brow, only inquisitive eyes.  Photo saved!

Believe it or not, this blondie has an Asian background on his dad’s side!  We took a few of him in a cultural outfit, that are just so cute.