Masks

Masking was hard for me. I still haven't perfected the technique. It will take me some tinkering with photoshop to really figure it out. (I didn't have a good image with little background detail :/ that was the real issue)
This image didn't take too long. I used the Quick Mask tool to help after I failed and failed at the other techniques.
After I put the mask on, I pulled the picture over to the background image which I lens blurred but gave it a gradual blur to show the focus moving toward the picture of me.