The American Duchess has put up a tutorial on making antique-looking photographs - you should definitely check it out: http://americanduchess.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-if-i-were-historical-photo-project.html#more. I was completely inspired, but I lack both photo-taking and photo editing skills. So here is my attempt at a late 20's photograph. The inspiration photo is of a relatively young Fay Wray:
Here's my original picture:
Then flipped:
Now cropped, made black and white, and very slightly sepia'd:
Finally, I added a very pale yellow vignette (because I couldn't add a border with picnik), a bit of fading on my hair, and the text:
Then I was bored and tried the pencil-drawn effect, just for fun:
Perfect!! The white matte effect is a great effect for the 1920s, too, very good choice :-) You've got "The Face" for vintage photos :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I was very excited to see that Fay Wray also has little wisps of hair around her face. They normally get in the way of my vintage hair-do's, but here they were great.
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