Textures

I've never done much with overlaying textures onto a photo, but after capturing this one of Cris I thought some experimenting was due.

As with any picture that has graffiti, the first step was looking closely for any profanity, which there almost always is, and cloning it out. The texture is actually a "wood" texture I found in PhotoFrame, the b&w conversion came from Silver Efex Pro, then back to PhotoFrame to add the border.

The result is what you see above. Below is the original photo (minus the f-bombs). Taken by my favorite wall of graffiti in downtown McKinney.

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Look Away From The Camera

Something about the look of an old, faded polaroid that is just so cool. 

This picture reminded me of another method I sometimes use to get good pics of kids who don't want to be cooperative. Tell them not to look at you. Where is it written that a portrait MUST be of someones face?  

To get that retro, faded look, I use a Photoshop action I downloaded from somewhere. There are literally tons of Photoshop actions out there you can download for free. Here is one good source.

The Polaroid frame came from PhotoFrame.

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