Jacki

Mom was thrilled, thank you.

Thank you for the help!

How's this?

I think that works! I'll try it.

She should be smaller too.

Here's a different picture of them that maybe helps?

I'd appreciate any tips you may have. 

Anything I could do about it now?

The boy on the right is actually three inches taller than his brother leaning on the post on the left... I'm not sure what I did in posing or camera to do that, but the mom would like it fixed. Any ideas?

So leave the background flat?

Does it need noise to print well?

I decided to go BW and here it is with the color fill layer masked in. What's the next step?

Here's a screenshot of my start.

I added a layer on top with black sides to hide the clutter... I can remove it.

I think I am done masking on the right and left sides until I get to their hair and between their faces. Is there a tip for hair... or just the awesome shift-click?

She was hoping for bigger but she knows they are small so she will be thrilled with 8x8.

Here's a 700px crop

Sadly, I have exactly what she has. I went to her house to double check. It must've gotten resized years ago but we can't get the full size now.

digital

I'm trying to help a friend with a snapshot from her wedding 11 yrs ago. This is her favorite picture, but of course she would prefer it without other people in it. I could crop it square but there is still a man behind. Is there any hope for this one? It seems especially tricky with white behind her and multiple colors behind him and his hair. 

I don't have a preference for the background, Whatever would be easiest. I could take a wall or window from other images that day but none are the right size, so I would have to enlarge the background substantially.

The image is only 1504x999px so maybe it's already a lost cause? I'd like to help her have something from her wedding day to hang up though.