Second photoshop edit ever. :)

Hello everyone!
I am a beginner with photoshop and would like your comments and critiques.

This is a candid photo of my daughter in her room near a window. All I did to it in photoshop is turn it black and white, made an "s" out of the curves line, and put my site on the bottom. I also despeckled.

Any tips on how I could improve this photo or other techniques I can look into to improve my photos?

Content warning: NOT AN IMAGE | PHOTOBUCKET ERROR IMAGE

You could start by taking out the html tags and use the actual link to the image, not the photobucket page.:p
[_IMG_]http://i478.photobucke​t.com …ez/IMG_9903_2.j​pg[_/IMG_]

Take out the underscores around the IMG

Reign wrote in post #6259859
You could start by taking out the html tags and use the actual link to the image, not the photobucket page.:p
[_IMG_]http://i478.photobucke​t.com …ez/IMG_9903_2.j​pg[_/IMG_]

Take out the underscores around the IMG

i got too frustrated and just started putting all the codes everywhere! sorry for the clutter.

I think you may have overdone the contrast increase, because now the shot has burned out highlights.

You have a nice model and a decent pose, but the lighting could be improved to give her softer shadows, which should be running diagonally across the face. I would also choose a higher vantage point so that you are looking slightly down on her face rather than slightly up.

I would also try to do something to avoid such a bright, distracting background.