since I’m a newbie at photoshop, i followed tutorials that i found online to modify a few of my pictures. here are the results of my efforts:

smiling couple > BEFORE

smiling couple > AFTER the sun on their faces was a big problem…not sure if I was very successful at fixing that. I faded the colors to give it a vintage, hand-tinted look. Lastly, I cropped the photo to zoom in and center the couple.
not too bad for a first try at photoshop! more to come.