Every year since I finished college, I've been making Social Media e-Cards using a current holiday self portrait (note I don't call it a selfie :winktongue: ). It's either a serious or a goofy shot, whatever I felt snapping at that time. I left my trusty DSLR the last time I flew back home, in 2012. So for 2013 I only had my Nokia Lumia 810... It took me a few dozen tries, apart from taking apart two floor lamps, pinning a lantern socket-cord assembly to the wall and a couple of bed sheets to try out before going with the bare wall to get this shot (Obviously I don't have a studio). I had it tweaked a bit with Pictures Lab before downloading it to my laptop to erase the lantern's electric cord with Photoshop and a little bit of color tweaking, then uploading it again for further processing with Pictures Lab.
The star lantern is an important symbol of Christmas in Filipino culture, that's why I chose it for this holiday photo. This year, I still have my trusty 810 for another faux studio photoshoot for my latest holiday e-card.
This one below is the cropped pre-photoshop version: