Well, Christmas time is almost here. In fact, it’s tomorrow! If you are like me though, you still have lots to do to get ready. Despite how busy I have been, I did find some time a couple of days ago to play with version 2.4 of the GIMP on my computer. I recently saw some pictures taken with an old Lomo camera which I liked. These old Russian cameras definitely are not known for their optical quality and that partly is the draw to pictures taken with them. Now, I do not own a Lomo camera and, since I actually shoot everything in digital now, I wanted to figure out a way to replicate the ‘look’ of this style of photo. After a little research on the web, I found a website that had a download link for a LOMO plug-in to use with the GIMP.
After downloading the plug-in and some practice, I decided to create a B&W Lomo ’style’ picture. I first took a picture of a juniper I shot in Arches National Park and converted it to B&W. In order to use the plug-in, I then converted the picture to RGB again. After running the plug-in, I added a soft focus layer and a little film grain to simulate a vintage pic. Here is the result below.
