Lighting It Up

Created for the 2014 New Year, New Hunt for "Careless".

I'm not a post processing genius, but I find my way around in GIMP and Photoshop, and this had only a few layers to it.

As you can see from the way I hold the cigarette I am not a smoker.
Making it look as if was really lighting it up was the hardest part :-)

So here's a quick overview of the steps involved in creating the "Lighting it Up" shot.