faux ho

so I poked around and found many, many tutorials on how to create holga or lomo effects in photoshop. I experimented with a number of them and this one had the most pleasing result. It took a bit of fiddling (especially with the curves) and I think it only works in CS3, but I am very delighted with the holgaesque quality of jumbo here. the bonus being that I actually learned some photoshop terms and actions that were once foreign to me.

mercury sky

I am loving learning new photoshop techniques. I fiddled around with layers today and did some cutting and pasting to create composites. the results were, um...interesting and maybe not quite ready to post. more practice is needed.

so I went back to blending images, my favorite trick and one I feel somewhat comfortable with. here is my ubiquitous quince photo blended with a mercury-type texture (some sort of old fuse). I love the result. the colors are perfect and it's amazing how the background ended up looking like a fanciful sky.