Love Birds Sightseeing At Rejang Mosque. Understanding the vintage / retro / aging filters on Snapseed, Instagram and other apps. What does it do? It de-saturates and alters the colours to mimic a faded print. It adds scratches, dust, dirt and vignetting. Does it work with every image? No. Use it only when you intend to convey a certain look or to create a sense of time. Don’t use it just because it is there.
My friend Ani, a restaurant operator, was bugging me to take a pic of her that will make her look like a fashion model. So I told her to get off the car and took this pic of her against a construction site hoarding. The “deer-caught-in-the-car-headlights” look with harsh lighting and resulting shadows was popular with fashion magazines at one time or another. Of course, she didn’t believe me when I told her clients will pay thousands for that style. She was quite pleased with the outcome and it did get her catwalk career going 🙂
