Adding the vintage look can change an image into a warm and beautiful classic shot.
This last week I have simply had a bit of fun with some old images. Adding a few vintage presets and also trying my hand at making my own vintage style photographs.
Vintage style photography is extremely popular at the moment with some photographers using only this type of image in their portfolios. I have collected some great links for you to peruse.
I love the colours that Wes Anderson has in his photography, I could not find a website but THIS SITE seemed the best to view his images. take a look truly amazing.
Lucy Laucht is one of my favorite photographers, all her prints seem to have a slightly vintage feel. Lucy Laucht.
I also enjoy minamalist photographer Richard Misrach. He has a few lovely vintage shots. Richard Misrach
Brearts presets has loads of photographic information on their blogs and some nice presets. Breart presets
Overall for my own vintage look here is what I did :
Increased the temperature slider towards the yellow, to make image a more orange color.
Pushed the tint slider a little towards the green
Brightened the image using the exposure slider.
Increased the saturation only a little and decreased the vibrance a little.
I didn’t add any grain because I am not so keen on that effect.
I decreased highlights and increased shadows.
I pushed up the contrast a little.
Then I generally played around with the colour calibration sliders until I got the colours I liked.
I had loads of failures, but you have to keep trying and if you like your preset and you are using Lightroom you can save it.
For the ready made presets I used:
Lightroom vintage
Lightroom retro
Color Efex vintage.
There are a huge variety of presets on the internet at the moment if you wish to purchase some. Simply type in Vintage presets and literally thousands will come up. But I do suggest trying to style your own vintage shots first, it really is quite easy.
I hope you enjoy my vintage style photos. There are no set rules, just go with your gut, use presets, copy other vintage photographers ideas and simply do your thing!!
Here is a great link on editing your photos to create that vintage look. READ HERE
All images are taken by Wendy Philip. No AI generated images.
