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Step 8. SET YOUR FOREGROUND TO BLACK, GET A SOFT-EDGED BRUSH
Press X to set your Foreground color to black, press B to get the Brush tool, and then choose a small soft-edged brush from the Brush Picker.Now you can start painting over your subject (in this case, the bride), but only paint over the areas that fall inside the beam of light.
Step 9. PAINT OVER THE PARTS OF HER THAT APPEAR WITHIN THE BEAM TO CONCEAL THE BEAM
Continue painting until all the areas of the bride that fall inside the beam are painted in (as shown here). Since you're painting in black, those areas will be concealed.
Step 10. LOWER THE OPACITY SO THE BEAM ISN'T SO INTENSE
Remember how earlier I told you to push those Output Levels sliders farther than you thought you needed to? That's because you can control the amount of the effect after the fact, because you applied it to a duplicate of the Background layer. That's right my friend, to lessen the effect, you can just lower the Opacity of the layer (as shown here) and dial in just the right amount of light.
Step 11. HERE'S THE FINAL IMAGE WITH THE BEAM MASKED BEHIND HER
Here's the final image, with the Opacity lowered to 37% for a more subtle effect
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