Meme quizzes, Uncategorized ME, MYSELF & I 9 December 2009



This is me.

Now, if you know me in real life, it’ll be very apparent to you I don’t actually look like this. Heh. Just wanted to be clear, because I find it annoying when people touch-up their photos to death and hope that people are convinced that they look the same in real life.

For 80% of my photos, which are random pics of places or events, or faraway shots of people and I, I’ll:
1) Resize smaller (as they’re massive when they come off my camera)

Um… that’s it πŸ˜› I don’t alter the majority of my photos because 1) I’m too lazy and 2) my camera (Panasonic Lumix LX3) is awesome and I don’t feel the need to touchup.

BUT, for 20% of my photos, I digitally alter. These fall into two categories – either they’re too dark (eg. my food photography in dim restaurants), or they’re big close-ups of my face. Let’s face it, close-ups of your face are never flattering… all the imperfections are blown up and, frankly, bloody scary to look at.

So this is what I do:
1) Resize smaller (again, ‘cos they’re otherwise massive). My favourite width is 500 pixels.
2) Lighten and brighten. This is my single and BEST way to look better. Works for dim restaurant photography, and works amazingly for close-ups of my face. When I brighten the whole image, my skin looks nicer and my eyes look brighter.
3) Colour saturate. I like it because it makes the food look juicier and more attractive, and well, same for my face.

That’s it! Pretty easy, right? I don’t do other major photo-alterations because they take up so much time and I’m not very good at it. Once, I tried to ‘blur’ Chris’ freckles out and he got angry that I “de-freckled” him so I haven’t done it since – teehee! Actually, I didn’t even touch his freckles, I simply lightened the whole photo so they just disappeared! ROFL.

Anyway, this is the result of the 3-step approach above:




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you look awesome! without or without photoshop! but thanks for the tip! i think i need major skin brightening!!

p.s. thanks for the review a while ago. i recently came back from japan and got myself a little tube of covermark concealer! im sold!! can’t wait to try the rest of their products! πŸ™‚

If only I could always lighten+brighten in real life… that would be awesome. heh.

Ohh so lucky you were in Japan! And ya, all their stuff is fab πŸ™‚

You look beautiful without any steps, lol πŸ™‚ I like to play with contrast if I can be bothered. It makes a photo really pop if it’s a bit flat. I also adjust the white balance if I’ve not measured it correctly when I took the pic. I might also remove red eyes. I’m crap at anything more detailed like freckle-blurring.

Hehe you are biased cos you’re my fwend πŸ˜›

Yeah on freckle-blurry, esp on Chris, he finds out and then gets mad πŸ˜‰

you look awesome! without or without photoshop! but thanks for the tip! i think i need major skin brightening!!

p.s. thanks for the review a while ago. i recently came back from japan and got myself a little tube of covermark concealer! im sold!! can’t wait to try the rest of their products! πŸ™‚

If only I could always lighten+brighten in real life… that would be awesome. heh.

Ohh so lucky you were in Japan! And ya, all their stuff is fab πŸ™‚

You look beautiful without any steps, lol πŸ™‚ I like to play with contrast if I can be bothered. It makes a photo really pop if it’s a bit flat. I also adjust the white balance if I’ve not measured it correctly when I took the pic. I might also remove red eyes. I’m crap at anything more detailed like freckle-blurring.

Hehe you are biased cos you’re my fwend πŸ˜›

Yeah on freckle-blurry, esp on Chris, he finds out and then gets mad πŸ˜‰

Hehe I”m with you, sometimes i get SO sick of it all I will do is just resize the pics. But for big closeups of food or faces, the majority of the time I will (unless it already looks so good, haha!)

Thank you hon! The necklace is by Cath Kidson , I bought it whilst on the plane (duty free) hehe

Mmm I use lipbalm – Lucas Papaw Ointment is what I’ve been using for YEARS πŸ™‚

Aww thanks hon! Good to see you tonight, albeit for 5 mins πŸ˜‰ Have a fab trip – let’s go out when you get back, double date!

And now for the question I know many are going to ask… how is your skin so poreless and airbrushed-looking without Photoshop?! Are you naturally blessed with flawless skin? I know you have a line of skincare products you use religiously… any other routines? Supplements you take, maybe?

OK so my skin isn’t particularly superbad, it’s just normal. But the nice-looking skin in the pics above is largely thanks of that point “2) Lighten and brighten” above πŸ˜›

But yeah, I love Rationale skincare, a cosmoceutical. And I do microdermabrasion once every month for upkeep – that helps AMAZINGLY for smooth small-pored skin!

Hehe I”m with you, sometimes i get SO sick of it all I will do is just resize the pics. But for big closeups of food or faces, the majority of the time I will (unless it already looks so good, haha!)

Thank you hon! The necklace is by Cath Kidson , I bought it whilst on the plane (duty free) hehe

Mmm I use lipbalm – Lucas Papaw Ointment is what I’ve been using for YEARS πŸ™‚

Aww thanks hon! Good to see you tonight, albeit for 5 mins πŸ˜‰ Have a fab trip – let’s go out when you get back, double date!

And now for the question I know many are going to ask… how is your skin so poreless and airbrushed-looking without Photoshop?! Are you naturally blessed with flawless skin? I know you have a line of skincare products you use religiously… any other routines? Supplements you take, maybe?

OK so my skin isn’t particularly superbad, it’s just normal. But the nice-looking skin in the pics above is largely thanks of that point “2) Lighten and brighten” above πŸ˜›

But yeah, I love Rationale skincare, a cosmoceutical. And I do microdermabrasion once every month for upkeep – that helps AMAZINGLY for smooth small-pored skin!