This is a picture I tried to edit several times.  Nothing I tried ever improved it much.  It wasn’t a great shot to begin with, but you know how mothers are.  Every picture of my baby is a keeper. Instead of trying to make it look better, I decided to make it look older.

 I’ve been playing around with some different tonalities and layers lately, trying to re-create the look of old photographs.  I love vintage cabinet cards and snapshots that are discolored, deteriorated,  and scratched. 

So here’s my attempt at editing a digital photo to look 100 years old. 

What do you think?  If he didn’t have on plaid Gap swimshorts and Nike tennis shoes…would it fool you?  🙂