S&E: 8 (PS) Self Portrait

"Blurred" from the Scavenger Hunt

SOOC - Self Portrait

This was pure play.  I got lots of great comments that recommended creative edits, so I went for it!  When I was taking the photos I took a bunch of ones with my husband wandering in the background, rapidly losing his patience...  I pulled in each of those photos into Photoshop as a layer, resizing with me as the center; erased me and the mirror but kept everything else in the background.  This kept his skulking form visible, and created this awesome, off kilter background.  All those straight lines became slightly crooked and slightly rotated.  Loved that.  I put all the layers in a folder, and did basic edits.  Not so sure about how all that worked but liked the results.  And then I pulled in a texture:  my first one!  I found this here.  I lowered the opacity and erased just me, so I stayed primary in the picture.  Wish I had gotten him wandering around the other side, far in the background or closer to the mirror. 

Talk about a self-portrait:  I can't help but admit that this is how I feel sometimes!  That aside, pure fun.