This is the background photo from a disc I purchased from the Cosmi Corporation, "5000 Photo's"
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This is the image I copied the kids from. I took this photo myself when I saw my grandson getting his first kiss from a neighbor girl.
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I used the pen tool to select the kids then copied them into the other image then resized and placed them.
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After getting them placed I used the eraser to remove the parts that needed to be hidden by the bear and softened the outline.
Then I adjusted the brightness to match the background and finished by adding shadows using the burn tool