I've been following along over at Kim Klassen's inspiration stay-cation this week and the other day she gave a photoshop tutorial on doing vintage effects with layers. I admit I am guilty of using actions for almost all my vintage effects on my photos, its just so easy and fast! However, it is nice every once in awhile to make it your own and do the steps yourself. So I was inspired by her tutorial and for the most part followed it step by step, I added a few of my own layers to get more of the look I wanted. Of course I added a few textures too, however I didn't use Kim's this time...Here's what I created!
Here is a quick progression of the second photo, from orginal to textured:
And, to give credit where credit is due, my cherry photo's were inspired by all the wonderful cherry photos popping up on flickr from talented photographers. Click here to see my mosaic of the photos that inspired me, they are amazing! I tried to keep up with their amazing talent and creativity I just hope I achieved it!
Have a good day!
Brooke
they look great! i have been holding out on getting photoshop because of the money, but i am getting closer and closer to giving in when i see things like this. i had a cherry shot on my blog the other day too. they're just so summery and photogenic :)
ReplyDeleteThese are really wonderful, Brooke. I love the composition and the treatment you've chosen for them. The use of props is perfect, too.
ReplyDeletegibknitty-Thanks! I saw your cherry shot on your blog, it was great! I agree they are very summery and look so cute on camera!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn-Thank you so much!
oohh I love that effect, off to look at the tutorial now.
ReplyDeleteThis is really, really nice work, Brooke! I love what Kim has been offering over at Stay-cation. I didn't plug into it but I'm loving it. These are Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLove the cherries. You inspired me to take some of the strawberries I had in the fridge for this week's Sunday Creative "Raw."
ReplyDeleteThanks, glad to inspire! I'm on my way over to check out your picture!
ReplyDeleteWow, Brooke those are great shots. You really have a great eye for composition and PoV. I love love love the shot of the two cherries. You did a great job w/the PP. I have such an old version of PSE I can't use actions, I'm all about the textures.
ReplyDeleteI love textures too, I often have to pull myself in and remind myself to go easy! Thanks for stopping by and your encouraging comments!
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