I lightened this photo a bit and increased the contrast a little. I converted it to sepia and did the opacity to 25%. Just enough opacity to "color correct" the image and give it a warm feeling. Taken with my point & shoot.
Showing posts with label how to age a photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to age a photo. Show all posts
Amelya at the Eno Festival July 4 2009
I lightened this photo a bit and increased the contrast a little. I converted it to sepia and did the opacity to 25%. Just enough opacity to "color correct" the image and give it a warm feeling. Taken with my point & shoot.
My Daughter Amelya: Photo Shop Vintage Look
Taken (cropped & magnified) from an original photo with the 3 kids in full length body.
As you look through my blog you will see I went a little crazy with the "vintage" look. I have sooo many beach photos that I have taken these last few years that really lend themselves to this totally cool & super easy technique!!! All of these (beach photos) photos were taken with a point and shoot digital camera. If you would like to learn these techniques go to "scraps of Jacki's" blog by clicking on all post titles with the "Vintage Look." If you want to know specifics for each photo, like the % for color, light, shadow and opacity, I am happy to share that with you. I did not use the same "recipe" for every photo. Feel free to contact me through my blog. http://scrappintimes.typepad.com/scrappin_times/2009/03/aging-your-photos.html
My Sister & her baby Sarah: Photo Shop Vintage
I am so happy with this! All of our photos we took that night had too much red in them since the sun was setting. We thought it was a perfect time for photos but the sun was actually pretty intense. I desaturated the image and did the aging technique.
Amelya at the Eno Festival July 4 2009
I am reaching back into my photo archives and photo shopping photos I like. I am doing a bit of color correction and the aging technique as a way to desaturate the colors and warm them up. Not necessarily to make this photo vintage looking.
Strike a Pose: Photo Shop Vintage Look
I loved the original photo for all the beautiful bright colors, so the Opacity after I turned it to sepia was about 25%.
Our Kids in Jersey: Photoshop Vintage Look
The home you see behind the kids is a home that was built by my Mothers Uncle and family. It was built some time in the late 1960's. It is the only house of it's kind since most people have rebuilt their homes more modern. It has 6 bedrooms, each having a door to the outside patio. My family would stay in this house every summer for a few weeks. It is real communal living, you share the kitchen and living room space with other families that were visiting. I love the house because it looks like drift wood to me and fits in nicely with the small natural beach that has not been built up into a tourist attraction. You can see that we are all alone on this lovely beach in mid July taking photos at sun set. That is my favorite time of day there, it is really peaceful.
My beautiful Niece Ciara: Photo Shop Vintage Look
The top photo was done with color correction, Sepia, Opacity was 40%. Then Opacity was brought to 0% on the same layer. The photo below made Ciara's face too grey toned, too desaturated. Her skin tone in real life is so beautiful and her skin tans to a warm bronze. I hated to loose that beauty. She is 15 here I believe. Wow, the genes in my family just keep on gettin' better!
Our Oldest Girls: Photoshop Vintage Look
I love high contrast, but I think this may be to high.
I am going to redo this photo and post it in this post to compare.
Our Kids in Jersey: Photoshop Vintage Look
The Classic Shot. I love Nicole's long blond hair in this shot! I also like the way Nicole decided to stand in the center, it created symmetry.
Me... Giving a photo a Vintage Look
I took this photo of myself ( some ones gotta take my photo).
After playing with the light & mid tones, I converted it to Sepia & changed the Opacity to 80%. I noticed when I do that I love the result but once it is saved it looks less colorful so I take the 80% layer & change the opacity to 0%. This seems to bring back the warm color that makes my eyes pop and puts a little warmth back in my skin. Click on my blog title and it will take you to the tutorial site "Scraps of Jackie"that is where I learned this fun and surprisingly easy technique! Follow me on my journey of learning how to take great photos and how to edit them! I'm just gettin' started!
I took this photo with my Canon Power Shot Point & Shoot.
Photo Shop: Giving your photo a Vintage look
Amelya's girlfriends at school. She is wearing her brown boots
This was my first photo I did using Jacki's tutorial. I love the pink colors & vintage Levi blue denim skirt. I am sooo excited about leaning this tonight! I also learned how to sharpen the eyes using the lasso tool. That was another tutorial on "Scraps of Jacki's Life" blog. I provided the link. Just clink on my post title and it will take you to Jacki.
Photo Taken with my DSLR Canon Rebel & kit lens.
Malta : I used my Canon point & shoot
Some of my favorite photos I took in Malta. These have not been "Photo Shopped" yet.
My "natural" photos will stay posted along side the Photo Shopped ones, still to come...
Malta: window light & late afternoon. I used my point and shoot
These photos have not been "Photo Shopped" Yet. I love them like this all natural, I will see if I can improve them later.
