I Heart Faces - Fix It Friday

It's Fix It Friday again over at I Heart Faces!

Here's the fixer upper for today. . .
And here is my fix. . .

I used Photoshop CS4 & MCP Actions.

First, I cropped and stretched the canvas and background to get some more negative space on the left. Then, I cloned out the distracting dark items (sofa?) in the picture. And finally, I used MCP's Basic Exposure Fixer, Eye Doctor, and Rocky Road Ice Cream B&W Conversion with the texture removed.

If you want to see how other people fixed this photo (or try your own hand at it!), head on over to I Heart Faces and check it out!