Playing With My Photos

lately i've been intrigued by an "alternative" kind of photography. lomography, where the pictures are taken with a holga cam and the colors funky with a distinct black vignette around the border. another kind, which i'm not sure what its called (think its medium format if i'm not wrong), has got really washed out & overexposed effect. since i couldn't achieve the lomo sort of effect on photoshop despite reading a few tutorials, i tackled the latter. this one is really easy to do. what i did was to adjust the offset & gamma correction level under 'exposure' on photoshop.

i remember liking this sort of effect ever since i was very little, maybe during my primary school days. there's this particular kind of diary or autograph book where there'd be lotsa pictures like these in there - a red telephone booth, a bicycle against a lamp post with a flower basket infront, or a steaming cup of coffee near the window sill. i really really love them, even til today. coupled with some handwritten captions, i like how they give a really calm and serene feel.

a bunch of sage. do you like them? i think certain subjects work better, and i'm gonna try photographing a bicycle next. you can see more pics like these here and here . i'm so in love with them!!