Now working off the unedited. Skintone is still too red for my taste but hey, I haven't seen the kid irl, its tough to know what "right" looks like, so im just leaving it alone.
its not the cost of photoshop/lightroom that is a problem, every time i've loaded up those programs i couldn't figure them out in 5 minutes and gave up. they aren't really easy to use for an absolute beginner.