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Apr 9, '08 12:46 PM
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I've wanted to create images such as these for a long time now :) . It's called 'Gum bichromate' effect, a 19th century photographic printing process based on the light sensitivity of dichromates. I did these digitally of course.... using lots and lots of layers.. hehe.. :). I just love that 'old and rustic' look...

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carabaopowerii wrote on Apr 9, edited on Apr 9

Mmmm! Looks positively ancient. Great! These are actually your shots Josh?

joeppette wrote on Apr 9

very nice output and interesting at the same time! i wish know how to do this kind of effect!

grabado wrote on Apr 9

carabaopowerii said

Mmmm! Looks positively ancient. Great! These are actually your shots Josh?

Thanks Carlos :)
Nope, that's an old photo taken sometime during the 50's. It's still in a pretty good condition actually. The thing is I don't have many images that can be suitably used for this sort of editings :).

grabado wrote on Apr 9

joeppette said

very nice output and interesting at the same time! i wish know how to do this kind of effect!

Hey friend :). How you're doin'?
Thanks :). I worked on them for hours learning from a video tutorial [from a free CD insert in the Digital Camera Magazine]. Great fun it was !! :D

edwiniichiong wrote on Apr 9

wow.. have you ever heard the word "limit"? please, stop being artistic! hahaha you keep on setting the standards higher bro., your imagination is endless!

pasttimes wrote on Apr 9

nice

mejanmhi wrote on Apr 9

wow!!. . .impressive work!!. . .

sh4nx wrote on Apr 9

excellent stuff bro!
it'd take me ages to try and figure out how to get that effect!

kenpo1009 wrote on Apr 9

u achieved ur objective .congrats

tiongghee wrote on Apr 9

This is really nice.

tiongghee wrote on Apr 9

Your school photo? This is very nicely done.

xiean80 wrote on Apr 9

orgnya cantik! hehe

petitehirondelle wrote on Apr 9

Excellent work Josh!
Would u mind telling me how u did it? ^_^

hellhordes2409 wrote on Apr 9

olskool....

marcarturc wrote on Apr 9

really enjoyed this set :) wish I could edit as this :) good job

apekia wrote on Apr 9

heheh.. too rusty until i dont know what is that (at first), need to julingkan mata Apek baru tau gambar apa tu.... huhuh

apekia wrote on Apr 9

where do u get this? i dont think its yours.. your father old pic perhaps?

apekia wrote on Apr 9

not about the pic, but she should be model.

apekia wrote on Apr 9

tak kena tangkap basah ke tu.... ( just kidding)

solidsnake2000 wrote on Apr 10

this pic really fits the effect u r using. i guess everyone here wants to know if u r in this pic as well :)

solidsnake2000 wrote on Apr 10

lovely like the dreamy effect on this

grabado wrote on Apr 10

carabaopowerii said

Mmmm! Looks positively ancient. Great! These are actually your shots Josh?

Oppss... sorry.. no.1, 2, 3, 6 & 7 are my photos. 4 & 5 are old photos from an album :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

edwiniichiong said

wow.. have you ever heard the word "limit"? please, stop being artistic! hahaha you keep on setting the standards higher bro., your imagination is endless!

Hehe.. sure I do :). But.. but.. I can't help it... that need to express my so-called artistic inclinations is something I simply just can't ignore.. haha.. lol :D.
I day dream a lot I guess.. hehe... :)
Thanks Edwin... so nice of you to leave me your wonderful comments...

grabado wrote on Apr 10

pasttimes said

nice

Thanks

grabado wrote on Apr 10

mejanmhi said

wow!!. . .impressive work!!. . .

Thank you mhike :)
I had fun.. :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

sh4nx said

excellent stuff bro!
it'd take me ages to try and figure out how to get that effect!

Thanks Shankar :)
Quite right. It'd be the same for me too. If I did not have the tutorial CD I would not have attempted. In fact, I would not even know where to begin :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

kenpo1009 said

u achieved ur objective .congrats

Thank you very much Sir :). Much appreciate it...

grabado wrote on Apr 10, edited on Apr 10

tiongghee said

This is really nice.

Thanks tiongghee :)
The hardest part for me was to find suitable photos for such effects. It was hard. I simply refuse to use any images that has any modern elements. It just wont't jive. So I was quite relieved to have found this photo :). It's not the prefect sample to use, but this is one of the only few that I have... :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

tiongghee said

Your school photo? This is very nicely done.

Haha.. you're joking right? you've gotta be kidding me.. hahaha.. LOL :D... Oh man.. of course that is so NOT my school photo !! That's like shot in the 50's !! :)
I am much younger.. hehehe.. :)
Thanks... :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

xiean80 said

orgnya cantik! hehe

I'm sure she'd appreciate that remark...
But what do you think of the effects and editings?

grabado wrote on Apr 10

petitehirondelle said

Excellent work Josh!
Would u mind telling me how u did it? ^_^

Thanks Jean :)
As mentioned above, I learned it from a CD tutorial. The CD was from the Digital Camera Magazine [UK]. It was one of those free insert CD :). To list each steps would be awfully long and tedious cause the whole process involved using many layers [Layer & Channel palettes], layer masks, blendings, filling colours, and adding textures.

grabado wrote on Apr 10

hellhordes2409 said

olskool....

grabado wrote on Apr 10

marcarturc said

really enjoyed this set :) wish I could edit as this :) good job

Thanks Marc :)
You could too... perhaps you can look for the tutorials :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

apekia said

heheh.. too rusty until i dont know what is that (at first), need to julingkan mata Apek baru tau gambar apa tu.... huhuh

I suppose it is.... hope you managed to eventually figure out what it is :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

apekia said

where do u get this? i dont think its yours.. your father old pic perhaps?

Not my father's... someone else's...

grabado wrote on Apr 10

apekia said

not about the pic, but she should be model.

I told her that long time ago... but she's not into that... she's doing law right now :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

apekia said

tak kena tangkap basah ke tu.... ( just kidding)

Haha.. :D

grabado wrote on Apr 10

solidsnake2000 said

this pic really fits the effect u r using. i guess everyone here wants to know if u r in this pic as well :)

Thanks William :)
No, I'm not in the photo. That was taken like in the 50's. I'm much younger :)

grabado wrote on Apr 10

solidsnake2000 said

lovely like the dreamy effect on this

I thought the effects goes well with the lovely lady :)

akulelakiitu wrote on Apr 10

wowww........!!!! awesome.....!!!!!

i love all of the picture

grabado wrote on Apr 10

akulelakiitu said

wowww........!!!! awesome.....!!!!!

i love all of the picture

Thanks :)

kidae71 wrote on Apr 10

someone playing a drum?
wonderfully done!

kidae71 wrote on Apr 10

wow.. really love this one.. so rustic yet so beautiful!!!! really love that expression!!

grabado wrote on Apr 11

kidae71 said

someone playing a drum?
wonderfully done!

Hehe.. yea it is :). Excellent guess Esther :)
Thanks...

grabado wrote on Apr 11

kidae71 said

wow.. really love this one.. so rustic yet so beautiful!!!! really love that expression!!

Thanks Esther :). Love your description :)

Pssttt.... that image is a combination of HDRI and Gum bichromate :). Crazy huh? Just experimenting... hahaha :D

2m79 wrote on May 7

i love the ancient ambience in the shot...her expression is so clean and honest! beautiful face!

2m79 wrote on May 7

i like the effects here...really old looking like in the 1920's...or earlier..even the faces suggested that!

2m79 wrote on May 7

beautiful! like a mystic effect..not old for the make-up and expression are of the present. so beautiful like in a dream.

grabado wrote on May 7

2m79 said

i love the ancient ambience in the shot...her expression is so clean and honest! beautiful face!

Thanks. I think this particular shot is suitable for me to use to practice this sort of editings. She's a bride actually and very photogenic :)

grabado wrote on May 7

2m79 said

i like the effects here...really old looking like in the 1920's...or earlier..even the faces suggested that!

Hehe... I like this one too. But I must admit that this was actually an old 1930's photo I found in an album. I shot the photo itself and then edited it ;-)

grabado wrote on May 7

2m79 said

beautiful! like a mystic effect..not old for the make-up and expression are of the present. so beautiful like in a dream.

Thanks. I like the dreamy effect too :)

zorro13 wrote on Jun 13

Wonderful jobs, my friend

grabado wrote on Jun 14

zorro13 said

Wonderful jobs, my friend

Thanks buddy for the comment.
Thanks too for checking out this old entry ;-)

livingarief wrote on Jun 27

looks awesome. how do you came up with such a cool textures?

grabado wrote on Jun 28

livingarief said

looks awesome. how do you came up with such a cool textures?

Hi Arief. Welcome to my site :). I hope it was worth your while.
As mentioned above, I learned the editings from a CD tutorial. The CD was from the Digital Camera Magazine [UK]. It was one of those free insert CD :). The texture sample is included in the CD itself ;-). I could find my own textures but I was too lazy to go out and shoot a few.. hehe... :)

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