rule of thirds

In this picture I used the levels too brighten it, I cropped it and I also used the color balance. As you can see the main focus leads to me holding the apple and then to Brandon.

leading lines

In this picture I sat in an area where it your eyes would be led to the main focus. The lines on the right and left lead to me.

softening backround

In my portrait I used the quick mask tool to blur the backround and put the focus on my face. I also used the color adjustments to change my skin tones slighty.

tones

In this photo of Ben I changed the tones to more of a grey/black and whtie instead of color.