The Power of Processing

I love taking photos! But more then that, I love getting them home, uploading them to my computer, and playing around with them in Photoshop. It's amazing how you can change the entire feel of a photo, just by a few tweaks. Here's an example from a recent shoot.

This photo has a bit of color boost applied but nothing drastic...and I like it, but it doesn't feel cold enough. I wanted her to look more ice queen than prom queen. So this is what I came up with.


Basically I cooled down the photo (or added a bluish cast). I left her skin tone as is..you don't want that to look blue unless you're going for the corpse look.

So what do you think? Which do you prefer, Ice Queen or Prom Queen?