Challenge: "The Vintage Advantage" June 5-10 2023
Jun 4, 2023 19:44:46 #
The Vintage Advantage:
Vintage style photography has seen a surge in popularity among hobbyist photographers. And thanks to photography social networking sites like Flickr, sharing of photographs in the vintage style is easier than ever.
The vintage style has everything to do with colour and saturation. Old photos aren't vivid. There are many ways to tweak levels in post production to achieve a vintage feel.
The first of these is the contrast - toning down your contrast to create a"flatter" feel. There are different ways to change contrast in Photoshop or any other Editing Program.
Bump down your saturation. As we mentioned before, old photos aren't vivid. Just like in the above tip for lowering your contrast, you can make one to adjust color hue and saturation.
Convert to Black and White..There's so much more to black and white than just hitting the grayscale button. Basic grayscale or monochrome is a good place to start, but tweak the underlying blues, reds, greens and contrast to
make it more believable.
Another post production method for vintifying your images is using texture layers. Do you have old photos from your grandma's attic, or a handful that you picked up at a thrift shop? Study the textures. Look at the edges, the water spots, the age spots and dust. Old photos tell a story in so many more ways than just the image itself.
Content is another Key: It goes without saying that a photo of the latest Ford car isn't going to look vintage no matter what you do in post production. It's clearly from this day and age. Pay attention to the images you are seeking to vintify and be sure that the subject matter is conducive to the vintage style.
A couple of great ways to achieve vintage content is to seek out: old cars, vintage clothing for your models, rustic locations, antique furniture or vintage, recognizable and branded paraphernalia like Coke bottles.
Vintage style photography has seen a surge in popularity among hobbyist photographers. And thanks to photography social networking sites like Flickr, sharing of photographs in the vintage style is easier than ever.
The vintage style has everything to do with colour and saturation. Old photos aren't vivid. There are many ways to tweak levels in post production to achieve a vintage feel.
The first of these is the contrast - toning down your contrast to create a"flatter" feel. There are different ways to change contrast in Photoshop or any other Editing Program.
Bump down your saturation. As we mentioned before, old photos aren't vivid. Just like in the above tip for lowering your contrast, you can make one to adjust color hue and saturation.
Convert to Black and White..There's so much more to black and white than just hitting the grayscale button. Basic grayscale or monochrome is a good place to start, but tweak the underlying blues, reds, greens and contrast to
make it more believable.
Another post production method for vintifying your images is using texture layers. Do you have old photos from your grandma's attic, or a handful that you picked up at a thrift shop? Study the textures. Look at the edges, the water spots, the age spots and dust. Old photos tell a story in so many more ways than just the image itself.
Content is another Key: It goes without saying that a photo of the latest Ford car isn't going to look vintage no matter what you do in post production. It's clearly from this day and age. Pay attention to the images you are seeking to vintify and be sure that the subject matter is conducive to the vintage style.
A couple of great ways to achieve vintage content is to seek out: old cars, vintage clothing for your models, rustic locations, antique furniture or vintage, recognizable and branded paraphernalia like Coke bottles.
Jun 4, 2023 21:06:48 #
Photogirl17 wrote:
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All good, being a little vintage myself I should be able to find something. Good start, I’ll be around!👍👍
Jun 4, 2023 22:00:24 #
Jun 5, 2023 07:52:02 #
I have some:
Jun 5, 2023 08:01:02 #
Thank you for hosting, photo girl. Vintage hasn’t been a fav look of mine but it is growing on me. I’ll be back.
Jun 5, 2023 09:28:39 #
J-J-J-J-Jayhawk
Loc: Dallas, by way of Lebanon, MO
photophile wrote:
I have some:
Nice ones, photophile. The sign on the Ehrnfelt bridge is a hoot!
Jun 5, 2023 10:22:00 #
I found a really bad old photo, maybe one my early selfies, and played with it. If nothing else you can tell it’s vintage. I had hair and Dee was that svelte young lady I married. It must have been our last year in the AF since I’m no longer sporting a flattop hair style that my dad thought I looked good with since that’s all he learned how to cut. And he learned how to cut it on me.
Jun 5, 2023 10:46:26 #
A few photos from my Grandparent's collection that I scanned and processed in my older version of Photoshop Elements.
Jun 5, 2023 11:04:06 #
Love these Larry and Streetrodder. Am on my phone and I used this recent picture and processed it in Snapseed for a vintage look. Blowing dandelions has been a “forever” past time, right?
Jun 5, 2023 12:16:40 #
Jun 5, 2023 12:24:07 #
FL Streetrodder wrote:
A few photos from my Grandparent's collection that I scanned and processed in my older version of Photoshop Elements.
Love old family photos, but did they all have names on them. Seems like my old family figured they'ld never be forgotten and didn't bother to put names on the back. Too bad, I got photos of nameless people we may be related to. Love the old Buick with right had drive, or did someone reverse it just for fun?
Dumb question....you can read "Buick" can't you?!?!?!?!?!?
Jun 5, 2023 12:29:53 #
PAToGraphy wrote:
Love these Larry and Streetrodder. Am on my phone and I used this recent picture and processed it in Snapseed for a vintage look. Blowing dandelions has been a “forever” past time, right?
What was the object? Try to find out how many girl friends you might have? At the age we were doing it we tried to not have any left on the head. Boy were we dumb!
Jun 5, 2023 12:36:52 #
Here are a few more of mine then I'll leave y'all alone for a while.
Boy, this is vintage!!
Dad always jumbed onto the tractor when it was time to man handle the bails!!!
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Never climb up the elevator to the hey mow...... he said!!!! What??????
Jun 5, 2023 13:07:17 #
lhammer43 wrote:
What was the object? Try to find out how many girl friends you might have? At the age we were doing it we tried to not have any left on the head. Boy were we dumb!
i don't remember that part.. I do remember daisies, pulling off petals 'he/she loves me, loves me not"
Jun 5, 2023 14:53:22 #
Here's one. I gave this recent photo a vintage look, combined a photo of a wrinkled paper bag and the Rum River scene, in Anoka, Minnesota
then a little post work and added borders.
then a little post work and added borders.
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