This is for Stacy’s One Photo Focus Challenge, where we are given a photo to edit however we want. When I saw the original photo of the older Victorian style home it reminded me of the 100 year-old homes in a small town where we used to live in Iowa in the U.S.  I knew right away I wanted to make the photo look like an aged photograph from like the 1920’s or 30’s that you might find in an old chest in your grandmother’s dusty attic.

Original photo (see below) by Stacy Fishcher
Original photo (see below left) by Stacy Fischer.  Edits by Sheila (that’s me!)

To do this, I made numerous edits in a mobile app called PicsArt. Then I transferred the photo over to my laptop and used GIMP to layer the photo with a “old paper” texture created by Shadowhouse Creations. I set the texture layer to Multiply, and made some minor adjustments until I was satisfied with the final product.  What do you think?

12 responses to “June’s One Photo Focus”

  1. Mary Avatar

    Great Old Timey feel to the photo. Very nice.

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  2. lauramacky Avatar

    Love your creativity!

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  3. Cee Neuner Avatar

    Great vintage look you created with this photo. 🙂

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  4. Ben Rowe Aperturef64 Avatar

    This picture has definitely got the vintage feel. Not quite my cup of tea but I appreciate the work that must have gone into it.

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  5. lensaddiction Avatar
    lensaddiction

    Nice job on the very faded photo effect Sheila 🙂

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  6. Stacy P. Fischer Avatar

    I adore what you’ve done, Sheila! Absolutely straight out of a dusty attic trunk 🙂 From what I’ve learned about GIMP through Nic’s posts, it really is a very powerful and effective program (in the right, experienced hands – which mine are not – too much like PS for me, with its layering concept that still alludes me 😉). Thanks for participating and sharing such a wonderful final image with us!

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    1. offshoots12 Avatar

      You’re welcome Stacy. Thanks for hosting such a fun challenge!

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      1. Stacy P. Fischer Avatar

        My absolute pleasure, Sheila 😀

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  7. Emilio Pasquale Avatar
    Emilio Pasquale

    I think you did an amazing job. There are so many editing options out there nowadays that I seem to go overboard sometimes. This just fits the image so well I can’t believe it. Perfect!

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    1. offshoots12 Avatar

      Thank you. I am glad I got it to match what I had pictured in my head. Lol.

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  8. Nato Avatar

    What a great edit! It looks just like some old photos I found at my mother’s house that really were from the 30s!!! Great job.

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    1. offshoots12 Avatar

      Really? That is so cool…thanks!

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