Morris & Nichole á la Lomo
It feels quiet here on the blog lately. Sure, there’s been a lot of discourse on my saddest entry to date, but I feel like I haven’t really brought you, the reader, anything good lately. For that I apologize, and humbly submit something 50% new: another take on that unofficial engagement photo I posted earlier. Let me tell you what we’re looking at.
It’s the Lomo effect (howto), an imitation of an old camera that had pretty saturated colors and tunneled edges. This is a relatively subtle application of it. Another example, this one of the Teton Theater in Jackson Hole Wyoming:
Let me tell you… that photograph was dull before the skies got some mood put into them. It’s still fairly dull, but it dresses the photo up enough to make presentable a building I found very interesting.
This lomo effect is a slippery slope. I’ve tried it out on half a dozen photos already, and am getting close to “cultural backlash” after discovering this forum. More than anything, it’s inspired me to play with Photoshop more and see what I can do to make my work pop.
Finally, an administrative note: a while back I promised a Wyoming entry, and I still intend to make it, but the task is somewhat daunting. Perhaps this summer will make a good time to read about skiing in 20-degree weather.
April 10th, 2005 at 7:30 pm
After an few arduous days of tweeking some knobs and flipping some switches on my own Photoshop, I also humbly submit something 49.7% new: another take on that unofficial engagement photo that our beloved blogger posted earlier. Let me tell you what we’re about to look at.
It’s the Mode effect. Its almost a “Where’s Waldo” type of filter, however its prime function is to find any traces of dairy products that may be concealed in any particular photo. As I found in my research this effect is also a slippery slope. I’ve tried it out on half a dozen photos already, and I am getting dangerously close to another “cultural backlash” after discovering this forum. More than anything, it’s inspired me to play with Photoshop more and see what I can do to make other people’s proud work lactate. In this particular case, using the mode effect, I was able to spot a heavy concentration of calcium and milkfat just below Mr. Morris’ shoe, and zoomed right in on the specimen.
Forgive me for the long explaination, so without further ado, I give you Morris & Nichole á la Mode.
…..psst! please tell me you saw this coming…..
April 11th, 2005 at 2:32 pm
Man… Mike, I’m submitting your name to the Congressional Oversight Committee for Limiting Citizens’ Usage of Google Image Search.
April 11th, 2005 at 2:35 pm
..another interesting note from the aforementioned Lomo forum: the “real” Lomo effect seems to be truly circular, even in the rectangular frame of the photo itself. An interesting bit of minutia …which will prompt me to request a “corrected” Lomo-ization of the above photos :D
April 11th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
Oh, perfect… the first of the Lomo nerd-sticklers have descended on 1128…