Hello fellow shutterbugs! Let’s have some fun with our photo’s. Lightroom is fantabulous for getting a quick & easy look for our pictures. Today I’m interested in a vintage look for a vintage car.

This is one of my all-time favorite cars, a Citroën 2CV (aka a Deux chevaux). In Dutch it’s a lelijke eend or “ugly duck”.  I took this photo in Amsterdam on a road trip. I looooooove road trips!

  • Click on the Edit icon to open the Edit Panel

We’re going to work a little bit backwards, and slide down to edit Color first.

  • Pop open the Color panel by clicking the teeny-tiny arrow next to Color
  • Slide the Temp slider towards yellow to get a warmer feel for your photo
  • Slide the Saturation slider way to the left to reduce color

Old photo’s are less clear. They’ve faded over time. Scroll down & pop open the Effects Panel to duplicate these effects on  your photo.

  • Pop open the Effects Panel
  • Slide the Clarity Slider to the left
  • Slide the Dehaze Slider to the left

You can skip this part if you’re already happy. I’m going to do a little Color Grading to my photo to add a hint of sepia.

  • Pop open the Color Grading panel

You can check your progress as you color grade by holding down the Eye icon as you make adjustments.

This is the fun part!

  • Click, hold & drag the tiny circle within each of the Color Grading settings
  • I dragged towards orange for my Sepia tone
  • You can also grab the tiny dot outside of the circle to adjust the color (it slides all the way around for any color)
  • The Blending & Balance sliders help you adjust your tone, Adobe has a really loooooooong post on how/why/what

Once you are happy with the color of your photo, it’s time for the final edit.

  • Scroll up to the Light Panel
  • I’ve adjustED to add light & exposure to my photo to give it a more faded feel
    • Exposure = +.37
    • Contrast = -15
    • Highlights = +15
    • Shadows = +20
    • Whites = +12
    • Blacks = +56

And that’s it! A quick look at my before & after.

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