Well, as a sort of gift for my mom, I wanted to touch up an old photo of my mom and Chekov from Star Trek: The Original Series. (Yes, she did meet him. She met all of them in person, but she barely had any time with Kirk or Spock, because of their adoring fans) The picture was badly damaged, with splotches and wrinkles and coffee stains and everything on it. I decided to take it to school so I could work on it in Photoshop in class. (I go to a technical high school, so classes are set up differently)

In about two days, almost all of the splotches and things are gone. Now, I'm not a professional-I'm far from it and I don't want to brag, and I did have a little help from the teachers and my friends, but it looks rather impressive. I do need to fix some things before I deem it finished though.

Also, on the first day of editing, I showed it to my parents, and my dad wanted me to fix an old baby photo of mine. There was a huge shadow that made my head look lopsided, and it was all splotchy. In half an hour I corrected the problems. The shadow part still looks like a n00b did it, but I completely removed it from the picture.

I think that if I keep up with my Photoshop lessons and practice, I can really do something with old pictures that need to be redone. For my first try it doesn't look all that bad. I think I've finally found my calling. It makes me happy.