Figure 6-55: Toy Camera examples. I can tell you, on a big screen, it is actually an interesting effect – whereas, without a doubt, the actual subject is just plain boring.
This emulates the plastic lens of the old popular “Diana camera” from the 1960’s (and more recently, the kinds of hipster retro cameras found at http://shop.lomography.com/en/cameras ). So where would you use these effects? Check out these examples. It’s all a bit of fun really as a part of playing round and being creative. Try shooting green trees with the green color cast, and a sunset with ‘magenta’ or ‘warm’, to see what happens.
Figure 6-55: Toy Camera examples. I can tell you, on a big screen, it is actually an interesting effect – whereas, without a doubt, the actual subject is just plain boring. |
Figure 6-56: Pop Color (left) can be surprising when you turn it on a colorful subject. To save bad light, try posterization-ing (right). |
Figure 6-57: Retro. Have a hankerin’ for the good-old-days? Try Retro mode, which makes the image look like a faded color print from the ‘70’s. |
I find Partial Color and High Contrast Monochrome to be the most useful of these effects so far.
