Photoshop retro effect; Legoland 1979

tirsdag, 17 maj 2011

Photographs from the analog age of photography is quite charming. The yellow and brown hues, the fascinating lack of contrast and usually an easily recognizable blurring of the subject as a whole..
Retro effect created in Photoshop

A Photography sent back in time

This saturday I went to Legoland and got this picture of Emma Oline in an airplane..
The original picture later used in Photoshop
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I have sent this picture well back in time and the picture ended up looking like this:

The picture sent back in time using layers and curves in Photoshop
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I have done the following:
1) I have used the curves to take away some contrast and to change the colors in the image.
2) I have turned down some colors in the image with the hue / saturation.
3) The image is given a red glow as often seen on images that are slightly faded.
4) The image is given a slight vignetting.
5) I have used gaussian blur.
6) A little bit of white soft light is added to the persons.
7) Finally, the entire image is given a slight amount of noise.

See the use of layers in Photoshop here:

Vintage photography made with these layers in Photoshop

Old school! :O)

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4 Responses to “Photoshop retro effect; Legoland 1979”

  1. Pernille Rud writes:
    No. 1 — maj 18th, 2011 at 06:28

    Hej Felix,
    Super fint billede – du har virkelig fået givet det en lækker effekt. Og bedst af alt – hvor er hun kær din Emma-Oline ;)

    Jeg ved ikke, om det ville ødelægge helhedsindtrykket, men måske man kunne fjerne lidt af det røde i Emma-Olines øjne.

  2. Felix Sanchez writes:
    No. 2 — maj 18th, 2011 at 06:31

    Hej Pernille.
    Tak – for begge dele :)
    Og måske du har ret mht. røde øjne… det ved jeg faktisk ikke. Måske man lige bør kigge nogle flere farveeksplosioner igennem fra dengang og se om det røde præg i øjnene er reglen mere end undtagelsen.

  3. Lazz writes:
    No. 3 — maj 18th, 2011 at 09:55

    Hej Felix. lækkerretro effekt. kan oplyse at der nærmest altid var røde øjne i 70′erne (I was there) :-) DOG aldrig udendørs – de fremkom kun i forbindelse med blitz, og det faktum at den altid var placeret for tæt på optikken. Ligesom med kompaktkameraer stadig døjer med problemet i dag.

  4. Felix Sanchez writes:
    No. 4 — maj 18th, 2011 at 10:06

    Hej Lasse.
    Cool, takker.
    Ser man billedet i stor version – http://www.flickr.com/photos/18563174@N02/5730806231/sizes/o/in/photostream/ – vil man se, at der egentligt ikke er tale om røde blitzøjne, men generelt bare en rødlig nuance til billedet.

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