Lomo-effect Photos

Recently I’ve been organizing a bunch of photos I’ve taken over the years, and thought it would be kinda boring to just post them, and it’s kinda lame to post old photos anyways, so I decided to not do it.  But there are a few that looks good, and I thought of putting some cool effects and see how it turns out.  Well, a friend of mine told me about lomography and lom cameras.  I thought about buying one since it makes me feel “artsy”, but a digital one is bank, and a regular one uses film, which I would rather not use.  I tend to shake when I take pictures, and I don’t want to take a bunch of blurry pictures and waste film.  It just so happens that there are plenty of tutorials on creating lomo-effects with Photoshop or GIMP.  GIMP’s always been my graphic editor of choice, since I’m trying to cut down on the number of pirated software I use.  It’s not as powerful as Photoshop and I can see that the tutorials on Photoshop will result in a more “realistic” lomo photo.  But whatever.  I can live with this.

Rest of the photos:

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