A guide to fake Lomography

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 12:31

I found a guide on making photos look like lomo photos. There is no action, which is good as a good lomo isn't perfect. I don't really like the perfect burnt out edges you get from the current lomo actions which is why if I want to do a lomo photo I use my lomo camera. This guide isn't bad though.

gt_junkie · 16 Jun 2006 at 13:18

Looks good!

Will give it a bash later tonight.

Hadn't heard of lomo before!

Cheers,

gt_junkie

hoodmeister · 16 Jun 2006 at 13:52

Cool, I don't really like the "perfect lomo" effect you see a lot, either...

Gonna go have a play now

Cheers.

edit ~

olv · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:40

never tried any lomo processing before, he's my first attempt.

think i over did it a tad lol

hoodmeister · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:45

very cool olv but ease back on that vignette

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:47

hoodmeister said:
very cool olv but ease back on that vignette

Agreed

This is why i prefer the real thing. The vignetting is produced by the real light. I just feel doing it in photoshop is too fake, oddly. Cheaper though

hoodmeister · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:48

Indeedy - can't beat the real deal

if I'm not careful with the hood on my Sigma 15-30mm it vignettes like crazy, sometimes it's annoying - but sometimes it's kinda cool

olv · 16 Jun 2006 at 15:56

hoodmeister said:
very cool olv but ease back on that vignette

haha yeah, i literally followed the guide word for word. experimenting a bit more now, fun technique.

hoodmeister · 16 Jun 2006 at 17:40

I'm having fun using this as a basis for processing pics

saddler · 16 Jun 2006 at 17:42

My attempt with an old piccy, this technique gives more control than the scripts so you can be more subtle

John

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 18:09

saddler said:
My attempt with an old piccy, this technique gives more control than the scripts so you can be more subtle

John

Not subtle enough though

The vignetting really stands out.

olv · 16 Jun 2006 at 18:17

latest effort

Bluebells · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:34

Cool technique, will give it a try just now......

themask70 · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:37

Good tutorial, thanks for sharing!!! Having a go now.....

Sleepyd · 16 Jun 2006 at 20:59

Thanks for that. Here's my go:

hoodmeister · 16 Jun 2006 at 21:28

very cool sleepyd, but more dodgy "vignette" :\

Awesome olv

Sleepyd · 16 Jun 2006 at 21:30

True, true, but I didn't figure it was worth going halves with it, I'll have a bit more of a play!

Sleepyd · 16 Jun 2006 at 21:39

Let's have another go then:

I think this is really useful for the right type of shot.

themask70 · 16 Jun 2006 at 22:49

Well here's my go:

Thinking about using this for the latest competition.....

EDIT: I didn't follow the tutorial given exactly, but can't quite remember what i changed / tweaked :confused:

cyKey · 16 Jun 2006 at 22:51

themask70 said:
Well here's my go:

Thinking about using this for the latest competition.....

Now *that* looks lomo.