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Things I do in Photoshop

I have a confession: I am a certified Photoshop-er. Oh wait, you know that already?

I started learning the art back in 2011. I began with simple adjustments of levels, curves and brightness, with dodging and with burning, with clone stamping. I was then forced to learn more when I was doing my architectural rendering for my thesis in 2012. With the help of Alex Hogrefe’s tutorials, I have improved. Today I use Photoshop for a living (well, not entirely) and sometimes just when I’m bored. For example:

Cafe by the Ruins, Baguio Philippines

We have all witnessed the end of 2012 a few days ago and I’m guessing most of us now are already returning to our usual routines after that wonderful holiday (hello 8:30-6:15 work!) but allow me to do a little rewind as I have some umm, left-overs from last year.

As you may or may not know, I ended my 2012 with a short little trip. While pictures from the trip itself (pictures I have yet to sort and edit) require another blog entry, let me give you a glimpse of the dinner my boyfriend, his cousins and I had one cold Baguio December.

2012 In Retrospect

December 31, 2010, I started a blog. It was about the same time as this, I was writing down a post with the sound of fireworks in the background. How nostalgic.

Two years later, gladly, I still have a blog. Although I have an entirely different direction with blogging back then – I vowed to make it a personal diary and never a fashion blog – this and that blog served a similar purpose, to give me something to look back at at least once every 12 months as a reminder of the wonderful year that passed. So with only a few hours left for 2012, let me do just that tonight. Trip down to memory lane, anyone?

THE GREEKS

I never knew December could be sooooo much fun in the corporate world – because I think we are boring like that, slaves and all. I’m kidding. (Please don’t fire me. Haha.)

Cheska

December. Oh, December. Isn’t it the craziest month of the year? I’m sure you agree. I don’t have to explain myself then for being such an absentee blogger. Oh, I have to? Naah, you got me. 🙂

To make it up to my beloved blog and to people who actually check out this site for updates (close friends, I’m talking about you guys haha), I’m going to start off with this set of photos from my lovely goddaughter’s baptism.

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