Double page spread editing process

 This is the original photo, for this photo I decided to use it in my double page spread, I picked this one as I believed it was more welcoming and for all it was simple it looked good.

This is the same image but editied. The first thing I did during the process was to clean up the image, I started with the beach to clean the sand which I did, the second thing to do was to clean up the floor and the frame she was leaning on before cleaning up her which mainly consisted in removing sand from her shoes.
I decided to add in the light rays from the sun to make it feel like summer and that it was a nice day during the shoot but it also brightens up the photo and adds in it's own light so that I myself did not have to adjust the brightness.
Making the image black and white I believed helped to emphasise the rays and I believe it looks better in black and white then it did in colour and adds to the interest of the photo