Photoshop 2: Electric Boogaloo

I'll be the first to admit I'm not much of a school person.  Going way back to junior high I never really enjoyed school.  And to that end I never put much effort into it.  Much to my parents chagrin I basically did enough to get by.

Five years ago (almost to the day) I met my wife.  She has influenced me in ways I'll never be able to fully comprehend.  She is a high school teacher, and for ANYONE who says teachers don't work hard, should spend one night doing parent/teacher conferences.  How she doesn't inject heroin into her eyeballs during these is beyond me.  But I digress.  Within the past year and half I have changed is my attitude towards school.

I'm going back to school to learn Photoshop and become Adobe Certified.  Couple this with my photography and I'm hoping to eventually work in this field.  I actually enjoy school now, I miss it during breaks, I yearn to learn something new and have assignments to show off my knowledge and skills.  Yearn for school??!!  Who is this person?  Alas it's true.

Today I go back for my second semester of Photoshop and I'm truly excited about it.  Before last semester I didn't know anything and just thought it was a cool program.  Now I'm fairly confident in my skills and am realizing it's waaaaaay cooler than I thought.  For office types I relate it to Excel, you know you can do certain things in it, but most people don't realize HOW MUCH YOU CAN FRIGGIN' DO!

So as every blog, especially one about photography and art, should have images enjoy these from last semester.  I fully blame/credit my wife for influencing me and changing my views.  She also has gotten me into naps....I never used to nap.