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This is the photo blog for Jimmy and Andrea Brokaw. It is a place for us to post photographs that we find interesting or want to share with the world. Anything from professional shots to camera phone quickies may be posted, as long as we think they may be of interest to the world at large.
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Sepia Toning
I’ve just returned from a trip, in which I’d planned to take a bunch of photos. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate, and I really wasn’t happy with the results. I did get a good indoor picture of a friend of mine drinking in a bar:
I think it’s good to mention that there is more than one way to sepia tone an image. Using a sepia plugin or filter generally isn’t the best way to go about it. Personally, I like this tutorial at Gimpguru, but your mileage may vary.
I was so happy with the results (the low-res version on the Internet doesn’t do it justice), so I used the same technique on a photo I posted here recently. Here’s the result, which I find warmer and more personable:
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