Lomo style from digital

nomore · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:43

Well, I've tried using Photoshop to create lomo style images from a few photos I took a while back:

It definately adds a lot more atmosphere to the photos.

nomore · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:44

syke · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:51

The first one is amazing.

The sharpness of all of them are superb. Great pictures

Any originals?

nomore · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:56

Thanks.

Here's the original of the first image:

Scam · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:59

Very cool. I love #5. The subject for all of them is perfect for lomo. What method did you use? Did you follow a tut?

alexisonfire · 7 Apr 2007 at 13:59

These are excellent, particually like 2 & 5, composition is spot on, and the processing isn't too much. However i feel you took no.4 too far, the contrast and exposure levels seem far too harsh imo.

Scuzi · 7 Apr 2007 at 14:03

Nice shots although they appear a bit too sharp for a Lomo effect.

Apart from that the shots certainly do have a lot of impact. What sort of post processing did you do?

nomore · 7 Apr 2007 at 14:07

I do it different each time, but these are the basic steps:

1. Create a vignette by using the lassoo tool and selecting a area about 1/4 from the edge of the image, invert the selection, feather to 100-150 pixels (my images are 8 megapixels).

2. Create a levels layer and move the mid-tones to about -0.5

3. Add a curves layer and increase the saturations/contrast with an s-curve.

4. Add a new layer, fill with black, then set the blend mode to Hue and opactity to 20%-40%.

5. Sharpen.

james.miller · 7 Apr 2007 at 14:13

love the pictures. as said maybe a little too sharp for a lomo, but i love the sharpness anyway. great stuff

Scuzi · 7 Apr 2007 at 14:22

Cool, thanks, I'll have to give that a try.

Have you considered softening the images at all? Most lomo photographs are actually very soft due to the low quality lenses, some of which are plastic :eek:

I tried the lomo effect on the following photograph but I don't think it has anywhere near as much impact as your shots.

brocksta · 7 Apr 2007 at 15:08

Great shots. sharpening is fine, thats how they are meant to look imo. V nice nomore

Aod · 10 Apr 2007 at 23:26

i love pic three.

nomore · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:47

Thanks.

Phate · 11 Apr 2007 at 00:56

wow! fantastic pictures, will have to find some of my existing ones and give this a crack.

Well done

MrSix · 11 Apr 2007 at 09:16

I like these shots, they have a lot of impact and you've done them as well as you can. However there's something about fake lomography using a digital image that I can't get on with. When I look at them, I can appreciate them at face value, however there's something a little amatuerish about seeing fake vignetting and upped contrast. Don't get me wrong, i'm not slating you - I would just rather see the real thing.