Tweak the Antique

I'm fairly new to Adobe Lightroom (my new BFF photo editing program) so I’m still working out my system. The whole post processing thins can be overwhelming to say the least, especially when you take as many photos as I do. I’m thinking that we’re all in that same boat of shooting gazillions of photos so I know you can relate.

One of my favorite presets right now that Lightroom offers is aged photo. t first when I click on it my images looks totally overexposed but when I take down the exposure slide (is that what they call that thing?) it starts to work it’s magic. The photos look nostalgic in an interesting, not sappy way. I will admit that I thought I was so over that antique tinted look but with the options this baby gives you, you can totally revamp the look of it.

In the shot above I got it too look just as I liked it just by playing with the exposure slide (I hope that's what they call it). The only thing that was missing was more color in the magenta flower so I cranked it up a little. I used the magenta slide and upped the saturation and my work was done. I love the way the warm pinkish cast works in this image and the flower is just tinted enough to remain a subtle but beautiful focal point. That against the color of the little girl’s skin captivates me.

Have you used aged photo or something like it? Do you use it as it comes or do you tweak your antique?

Comments

[Maya]

I'm just now working more in LightRoom and found some presets I really like. I haven't found an antique one that I love yet. Was this one that you made yourself?

Love the look it gave this photo!