Officially inspired

My sister-in-law has been working on some before and after photos and posting the results on facebook, and I love looking at them! It motivated me to install photoshop on Matt's computer instead of on my laptop so that it's my main computer that has it, and I've been practicing a bit ever since, but not making much progress in the learning department.

Well, enter a blog post someone wrote about their own Photoshop endeavors, and my friend inviting me to Pinterest just before Elijah's naptime today, and I am feeling officially inspired!

I spent all of Elijah's nap reading and watching tutorials, and learning how to touch up skin and blemishes in Photoshop. Here is the before and after:

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I LOVE this photo! Like, I thought it was cute before, but I was actually shocked at what a difference it made, getting rid of Abigail's terrible baby acne (this photo doesn't even do it justice.)

I know some people think that doctoring things in Photoshop is cheating, but I find it's easier for me to learn to do that than it is to take a better photo. Maybe that's why they get frustrated? Because average Joes like me can pull off nice looking photos even though they don't necessarily have the skill to take it well in the first place. But if those same people are refusing to doctor it in Photoshop, then aren't we just developing skills in different areas? That's the way I see it, anyway. :)

I was going to do a Thought Vomit Thursday today, but I've completely run out of time. It's 10:30, and I've just finished wrapping bacon-wrapped water chestnuts for tomorrow, AND I have yet to shower tonight. So I'll probably do TVT belated again. I should have lots to say by tomorrow night though, I already have lots without the extra day!

Until tomorrow then!