I gave it a Try
Here is my revision of the Grandson Shot.
1-Duplicate the layer
2-Remove background using first by selecting around the child and delete, then cleaning up the remainder with a layer mask and soft brush.
3-Adjust Brightness / Contrast to liking using an adjustment layer
4-Clean Face and Shirt using patch tool and clone stamp
5-touch up cleaned areas with blur tool
6-Soften Skin with Surface Blur
7-Remove Surface Blur from Eyes and Teeth using a mask
8-Remove Noise using DFine Filter (a external Plugin Product from NIK)
9-Added Warming Filter 85 TWO TIMES ON TWO LAYERS
10- Brighten Eyes using a 50%grey layer in overlay mode
11-Added FRAME by the following method
a-select all
b-modify selection - contract by 5 pixels
c-edit / stroke 2.5 pixels
d-Add Blending options of drop shadow
e-Add blending options of bevel
f-color overlay to match the DARK Blue of the shirt
DONE
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
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