One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge-April 2021

Join the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge to have some creative fun with photos.

The purpose of the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge is to play. These days we have so many different ways to process a photo: from phone apps to Photoshop. And these different software options make it accessible for anyone to get fun and beautiful effects. Whether you have a lot of time or a little.

I’ve been spending a lot of my pandemic playing with photo processing. Because it is a relaxing indoor activity that I can do for free (I mostly use open-source programs and old versions of paid programs). And I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve been doing and see what other folks are trying out.

No complicated rules, just:

1. Pick a photo you want to play with.
2. Process it using three different methods.
3. After that create a blog post with the original and your creative products.
4. If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
5. Then add a comment below containing the link to you post (pingbacks don’t seem to work, I’m trying to figure out why). So we can all see your creations.
6. Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.

I can hardly wait to see what you create.

March creations:

• Pictures Imperfect Blog
• Photos by Jez
• Tales from my Lens
• Geriatri’x Fotogallerie

Here’s my contribution for this month:

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Directions for my methods:

1. The black and white uses GIMP’s built-in desaturation: Colors>Desaturate>Desaturate plus a vignette.
2. I used the directions for the Orton Effect in this post. Then I layered the Orton effect over the original using a soft light blend mode and added a vignette.
3. For this one I combined the two preceding effects: I layered the Orton effect over the black and white using the soft light blend mode.

I added the same vignette to all three of them in the GIMP before exporting.

I used the GIMP, an open-source (free) program comparable to Adobe’s Photoshop. If you are interested in trying the GIMP, check out my post: Get going with the GIMP. I have also created a post with a run down of the Black and White tools available in the GIMP: Black and White Digital Photo Processing Part 3: Using the GIMP.