Replacing background

[cathm]

And this one as well.... 

[Damien Symonds]

Maybe big radial gradients?

[cathm]

25 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Maybe big radial gradients?

For both images? 

[Damien Symonds]

I'm fairly certain, yes.

[cathm]

I am struggling... could you please show me one of the images how you would add the second gradient layer?

[Damien Symonds]

Sure!  You'll need to give me the photo without your first gradient layer.

[cathm]

Here are with and without the level adjustment (background). 

[cathm]

Let me put together the images that i am trying to match with here.
 

 

[Damien Symonds]

I don't understand.  Why do you need to change the background at all?

[cathm]

I guess not so much with the mom+baby one. Does the level edit look consistant with other images?

But this one, there is a horizontal like around the parents' head.

[cathm]

sorry to jump back and forth but i added color balance layer. what do you think?

[Damien Symonds]

Gee, it's pretty haloey around her.  But still, you might get away with it.

[cathm]

12 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Gee, it's pretty haloey around her.  But still, you might get away with it.

which image?

[Damien Symonds]

The last one, sorry.

[cathm]

and what should i do?

 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, I still don't understand why you did anything.  It looked fine before.

[cathm]

I made the image darker but i don't see what you see...  Could you please explain ?

 

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

Well, I still don't understand why you did anything.  It looked fine before.

Because when I showed the 4 images all together on the screenshot, you mentioned to adjust the level, no?

 

[cathm]

Also, could you please be specific which image is "before" when you mentioned "It looked fine before."

[Damien Symonds]

4 minutes ago, cathm said:

I made the image darker but i don't see what you see...  Could you please explain ?

 

Because when I showed the 4 images all together on the screenshot, you mentioned to adjust the level, no?

 

levels, yes.  But no gradient layer necessary.

[Damien Symonds]

Just now, cathm said:

Also, could you please be specific which image is "before" when you mentioned "It looked fine before."

 

2 hours ago, cathm said:

Let me put together the images that i am trying to match with here.

 

[Damien Symonds]

7 hours ago, cathm said:

And this one as well.... 

I reckon just broadly mask the gradient layer out towards the right-hand side, so the gradient blends seamlessly with the existing backdrop.

[cathm]

I am very lost with all these 4 images...

[cathm]

1 hour ago, Damien Symonds said:

I reckon just broadly mask the gradient layer out towards the right-hand side, so the gradient blends seamlessly with the existing backdrop.

Could you show me how to do that?

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, can you show me a screenshot of that image, with its layers panel visible?

[cathm]

I would still like to learn how to add gradient blends seamlessly with the existing backdrop later, but I've decided to add textures for these 4 family portraits.

Please let me know what you think.  I also adjusted color balance to match the color tone of the background.