The Lomo

pict*reThe Lomo effect

technique tip

jeffclowfeatured interview

this months tags

yellowwater

pict*re. the flickr offline magazine // no. 1

welcome!hej, you really grabbed a copy of this pdf off the internet and

you‘re reading this! this is nice. i welcome you to thefirst issue of pict*re - an idea for an offline pdf mag with

photos and stories from flickr.

i hope you enjoy this experiment and maybe par-ticipate in the next issue of pict*re! you can do so

by joining the group pict*remag on flickr and post some pics in a thread you would like see. or

maybe just join authors interview group and fill out some questions about you and your photography - you‘re also free to add new

questions!

these are two things you could do to ap-pear in pict*re mag - but maybe i‘ll just find a picture in your stream that i like and think

it would fit in here.

enjoy reading!*atomtigerzoo

this thing is done by:www.atomtigerzoo.com

all rights are reserved on thephotos by their makers!

the photos are available onflickr. the images are clickablein the pdf version. otherwise,on the last page you will find a list with all picture authors.

this magazine is licensed underthe creative commons license.you can go on and copy this pdfif it‘s not for commercial use!neither it‘s allowed to sell thismag!

index 01welcome!

03/04faking the lomo effect

technique tip

05/06yellow

this months tags

07/08jeffclow

featured interview

09/10water

this months tags

11something different

technique tip

faking the lomo effect

1. File: Open: the picture you want

2. Image: Adjustments: Brightness/Contrast: increase contrast by 20

3. Image: Adjustments: Hue/Saturation: increase saturation by 20

4. Choose the Rectangular Marquee Tool (your basic selection tool)

5. Change feather amount to 1/12 the width of your picture

(if your picture is 600px wide then you will set your feather to 50px)

6. Select your entire picture note: using select: all, will not work

7. Select: Inverse

8. Layer: New: Layer

9. Change your primary color to black. Fill the selection (on the new, blank layer).

10. Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay

11. Layer: Duplicate Layer

12. Now select your base layer (the one with the picture on it).

13. Layer: New: Layer

14. Change your fill tool to Gradient

15. Change your Gradient Type to Spherical

16. Change your Gradient Shading Style to „foreground to transparent“

(I believe this is the default).

17. Change your primary color to white.

18. With the fill tool selected, click in the middle of the picture, and drag the line

out to the farthest edge of your picture.

(if it‘s a portrait, use top or bottom, if landscape, use left or right).

19. Change the blend mode of this layer to Overlay

20. Change the Opacity of this layer to 80% (or whatever you see fit)

This article was posted on flickr in the technique group

by Hugo VT, on 16. January 2005. A lot of people

shared their photos in the thread.

Go on and try with some pictures of yours and

post them to the thread!

More links on the Lomo effect:

kottke.org - tbujor/blog - flickr thread

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jeffclowfeatured interview from the authors interview group

1. for how long have you been into photography?

I realized I liked photography when I purchased my first digital....a 1.2 mb Sony Mavica that was huge and used floppy disks as the storage media. I probably took more photos with that camera that year - at age 44 - then I had taken in all my previous years combi-ned. I loved the fact that there was no „cost“ involved in develo-ping the photos...and I could turn them into a screensaver for my computer instead of sticking them in a scrapbook somewhere....

Now six years later, I‘ve purchased four more digital cameras....including a DSLR this year.

2. why? what‘s the answer if friends ask you, while you‘re carrying your cam everywhere?

When people ask me why I carry a camera with me all the time, I explain to them that when I didn‘t have one with me, I often found myself questioning why I left it behind...because I was constantly „seeing“ potentially good photos...

3. what is most often in your spot?

What I often have in my lens/spot is a member of my family....I‘m gifted in having an attractive set of kids and an attractive wife who are all kind enough to allow me to use them as unpaid models....although I fear they „tire“ of me always wanting to take their pho-tos...

4. day or night?

I prefer the sunlight to take my shots, but am slowly but surely experimen-ting with dusk and night shots.

5. favourite color(s)?

My favorite color to photograph is green....whether it be the leaves of a plant or the fields of green in a landscape image.

And finally, why am I here at Flickr...?

I‘m here because ... like so many others....I read about the site and thought of it as a storage backup for my digital photos initially. But then a few kind people actually commented and said they liked a photo or two and it gave me the confidence to expand my horizons and shoot some „real“ photo images that didn‘t have family members as the main subject....and then I started looking at other‘s work here and was amazed and challenged to do better...since so many talented people reside here....

Thanks for asking about „why“ I take photos and „why“ I‘m here....I appreciate the invitation to answer those queries...And I appreciate anyone taking the time to read about me....

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something differentgroups, tools, something.

some groups

authors interview* interview yourself, 5 questions plus own

W I D E S C R E E N panoramas, widescreen, verticals

100 views + 10 favourites must have min. 100 views and 10 fav‘s

flickr fan art artwork featuring the letters „F-L-I-C-K-R“

flickr services

Mappr, by Stamen Designmap pictures to the map with a click

Magazine Cover, by flagrantdisregardbuild your own magazine cover with this tool

thank you for reading methanks to all sharing people on flickr

pict*re maga flickr based pdf magazine

all authors of pictures in this issueordered by appearing

click the pictures in this mag or got to flickr.com/photos/entername

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