Hi there,
Really learnt a lot from this image.
It is one of a few I shot of my grand kids indoors.
I didn't want to use a flash as I thought it would be too harsh.
So, I shot it against a white wall with just natural light and a ceiling accent light.
The background was aweful...quite dirty yellow.
I spent three days after many tries...with several programs and finally came to photoshop elements 2 for this picture.
using magic wand I made the kids and object after selecting a background color and then using lighting replaced the poor original lighting. I then overlaid it with a graduated pattern.
