[brianja]

I've been playing around with Lomo style processing on some of my photos and I'm not sure what I think. Has anyone else experimented with this?

Thoughts?

Some examples:

[yukonon22]

those are sweet photos

[P1et]

Please explain to us what LOMO is and how to do it.

[brianja]

Originally Posted by yukonon22

those are sweet photos

Thanks

Originally Posted by P1et

Please explain to us what LOMO is and how to do it.

Sorry...

Lomo was a strange, old Russian camera that created very contrasty images with lots of vignetting.

There are a lot of Photoshop actions around online that mimic this camera style's effect.

Here's a link to an article on it:
How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography

[Duratys]

I really need to get some sort of image processor. What do most of you guys use? I was looking into getting Photoshop but never realized how much its worth.

What did the original pics look like straight from the camera?

[brianja]

Originally Posted by Duratys

I really need to get some sort of image processor. What do most of you guys use? I was looking into getting Photoshop but never realized how much its worth.

What did the original pics look like straight from the camera?

I'm using Photoshop.

Here's a before and after example:

before


after

[Duratys]

So your saying I need to say goodbye to another $600............

I like how it gives the car a "cartoonish" look......it would be cool if the rest of the pic was left "normal" and you culd just adjust the car itself.

How easy/hard is it to get a general understanding for photoshop?

[brianja]

Originally Posted by Duratys

So your saying I need to say goodbye to another $600............

I like how it gives the car a "cartoonish" look......it would be cool if the rest of the pic was left "normal" and you culd just adjust the car itself.

How easy/hard is it to get a general understanding for photoshop?

haha. you just asked what we used. I didn't say you HAD to use photoshop. But if it helps you justify the purchase...

Photoshop isn't that hard to pick up for basic stuff, but there is A LOT that it can do. To really learn and use the full power of Photoshop takes a lot of time. I have barely scratched the surface myself.

You could apply the contrast / coloring portion of the Lomo processing to the car only if you wanted to, but the heavy vignetting (darkening of the image in the corners) is a large part of that this style is about.

[Duratys]

What photoshop package do you have brianja?

[brianja]

Originally Posted by Duratys

What photoshop package do you have brianja?

I'm using CS2.