I was showing Couch 49 a bunch of cool things about photography, composition, depth, working with work lights, and of course my take on what makes a cool photo… basically, photography lessons. Two days later, it was time to show him some basic photoshop. I took out the solid black background, put in a drop shadow manually, added a gradient backdrop, added reflection on the lens, and of course, slightly enhanced the flame. Here is the before/after