OBJECTIVES:
STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THE ART OF LOMOGRAPHY AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS.
STUDENTS WILL RE-CREATE LOMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS USING PHOTOSHOP.
STUDENTS WILL APPLY VARIOUS ADJUSTMENT LAYERS AND FILTERS IN PHOTOSHOP.
WHAT IS LOMOGRAPHY?
DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF "LOMO"
Lomo cameras are cheap and of low quality. This often causes unpredictable but interesting results that many have come to love.
BLOWN HIGHLIGHTS/ CLIPPED SHADOWS |
SHARP CENTER/ BLURRY EDGES |
CROSS-PROCESS COLORS |
Film used in lomo cameras would produce blown-out highlights (pure white) and clipped shadows (pure black) due to the high contrast.
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The cheap, plastic lenses would often create a very sharp area in the center of lomo images, and very blurry areas around the perimeter.
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Cross processing, or processing film with chemicals meant for a different type of film, would often produce interesting color effects.
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HEAVY VIGNETTINGThe cheap plastic lenses would also create heavy, dramatic vignettes- or a darkening around the edges of the photograph.
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FILM GRAINFilm used would often have a noticeable grain to it, similar to noise created in digital images.
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INCREASED SATURATIONThe film used and lens would often create intensely saturated colors in lomo photographs.
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YOUR ASSIGNMENT: EDIT TWO PHOTOGRAPHS YOU HAVE TAKEN IN PHOTOSHOP TO GIVE THEM THE CHARACTERISTIC LOOK OF LOMO PHOTOGRAPHY.
PHOTOSHOP INSTRUCTIONS
- Make copy of your background layer (original image)
- Use keyboard shortcut: Command and J
- Or drag and drop background layer on "New Layer" icon at the bottom of your Layers Panel (looks like a post-it note with the bottom corner folded up)
PART 1: CREATE VIGNETTE
- Go to Filter
- Choose Lens Correction
PART 2: BLOWN HIGHLIGHTS AND CLIPPED SHADOWS
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PART 3: CROSS-PROCESS COLOR
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PART 3: HIGHLY SATURATED COLOR
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PART 4: SHARP CENTER/BLURRY EDGES
- Increase the Blur Radius to your liking (it should be pretty blurry!)
- I set mine to 44.
STEP 6: FILM GRAIN
OPTIONAL: WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD A BORDER??
ALL DONE!!!
- Now SAVE YOUR IMAGE.
- Go to File>Save to save it as a PSD (Photoshop Document)
- THEN, SAVE A SECOND TIME!!!!
- Go to File>SAVE AS
- CHANGE THE FORMAT FROM PSD TO JPEG
- Save.