Vanity & Photoshop

Okay, so I had really wanted to post sooner on here, but what with work and other family related stuff this year hasn't started off as well as I would have hoped! But here we are, eventually!

So, I was feeling slightly vain one evening (as well as a mixture of boredom and curiosity thrown in) so decided to do a couple of self portraits. This didn't really amount to much. The lighting in my room plus the harsh false were not flattering. But hey ho. So I decide to instead use it as a way to figure out a few basics in photoshop - (I only have Elements 8.0, which actually came preinstalled on my laptop). 

I was able to refresh my memory on a few things, including changing the colour of lips and creating a smooth skin tone (and erasing any of those pesky spots!). So here are two versions of the same image. I tried to keep it a bit grungy - i.e. not perfect, because lets be honest, I am no model! 

Anywho, I will try to pester SOMEONE to actually model for me at some point this year. And hopefully i'll be able to learn a bit more advanced stuff. But, baby steps :)

A x