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Step 1: Create a curves adjustment layer and pull the point REALLY high—until it looks like a UFO beamed down and is about to abduct you.

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Step 1: Find the right fire photo for your base image.

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You need to learn which side of her face she thinks is her good side, which parts of her body she likes having highlighted, and which parts of her body she wants out of frame.

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The young traveler has an Instagram full of stunning photos of both herself and the destinations she’s traveled to, and if you don’t believe me, you’ll want to check these out for yourself.

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Like most people say, a picture is worth a thousands words, but I’ll try to do a bit of both to detail my first 6 months in San Francisco.

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Photography made me realize that there is more out there than just sit here and continue to see what I’ve been seeing every single day.

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I hope more and more people will start to question everything they see in fashion magazines. If they believe in themselves, they don’t need someone to tell them what they’re supposed to look like.

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On May 30th, 2017, I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Brandon Woelfel at Classic Color, a print shop in Chicago where Thought Catalog Books is producing his first full-color photography book, Luminescence.

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You will never be able to find your own path in an industry if you are mimicking the work of others. Learn from them, yes. But, differentiate yourself.

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