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Wednesday
15Apr2009

feeling nostalgic

There are a number of reasons I choose to live in Southern California. This is one of them.

I will admit that we don't usually get defined billowy clouds here which is exactly why I took my camera out with me the day I shot this from the pier. Although this landscape shot looked lovely straight out of the camera, it is the vintage postcard processing that makes me fall in love with my surroundings all over again.

I have noticed so many of you creating your own magic with nostalgic processing techniques. Swoon.

If you've got some photo editing handwork of the antique kind that you'd like to share please do. Let's take a trip back in time.

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I love the photo, Tracey! I am a So Cal native, recently transplanted back to Cali after a long stint in the South. I know exactly what you mean about appreciating moments like that! I try to capture them whenever I can. Thank you for sharing. Here is a picture I took at the Santa Rosa Plateau just outside of Murrieta, Ca.

http://elainaavalos.blogspot.com/2009/04/sit-for-spell-wordless-wednesday-maybe.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterElaina Avalo
here some nostalgic habits, talking, smiling, taking sunshine with neighbours...
http://esterdaphne.blogspot.com/2008/04/just-picture3.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkosenrufu mama
Gorgeous puffy clouds. Love the vintage processing.
Here's one of mine:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=742
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMarcie
LOVE your picture Tracey!! Also, all the pictures you linked to are beautiful! I tried to do a little bit of antiqued-like processing yesterday!! I'm finding my favorite tastes to leaning towards a vintage feel in pictures!

http://aliandsethinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/04/processing-coney-island-cyclone.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAlicia
You are so lucky Tracy! It's cold and raining here in Maryland. This is one of my favorite things to do with photos. I have many!

http://lifesignatures.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/a-better-time/

I can't wait to see all the others...
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPuna
One of my recent vintagey shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunmamma/3425561853/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentersebrina
As always, loving your photo.

Here's mine (I think it has a bit of a Norman Rockwell feel)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/busymomma66/3229649519/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBusymomma66
I want to touch your clouds! Definitely an antique postcard feel. I haven't messed with the processing...yet! I feel like I'm still grasping at photo content. Here is one that has the feel of nostalgia, but is untouched.

http://erickfam.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-easter.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMrs. E
I took this picture during my pregnancy last Summer. I longed to get in the water, but was too self conscious. There is always this year.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89546210@N00/3444639310/" title="Beach Summer '08 by purly_qs, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3444639310_6fb3ce616f.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Beach Summer '08" /></a>
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRosa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89546210@N00/3444639310/

I posted the wrong link. Sorry.
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRosa
Love the photo, Tracey! Beautiful! And I'm enjoying everyone else's posts! Here is my photo to share....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35374947@N04/3415544665/in/photostream/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
I love making photos looks old.

http://sharonlinnefaulk.com/photo/2009/04/15/nostalgia/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentersharon
It never ceases to amaze me at how "timely" the Shutter Sisters posts are, especially as relating to my personal blog. Once again, thanks!

http://suehenryphotography.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/worry/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSue Henry
oooh - fun post! I have to limit myself on my old-timey editing (see yesterday's post about establishing a style... :-P), but I love it so! this is one of my favorites! http://www.flickr.com/photos/8702729@N02/3403868705/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKelly
I am a vintage type of girl, so looking at pictures like the one you took makes my heart happy! Such a beautiful capture.

I find myself gravitating to editing my pictures vintage style... it's just how I see beautiful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgtandmrshub/3443182537/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgtandmrshub/3442087401/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgtandmrshub/3332777017/

-Andrea
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAndrea
Your picture makes me want to go to California...I've never been!

I know it's not Christmas, but I did these back then:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29536663@N04/3196040246/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29536663@N04/3195197531/in/photostream/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKaty
your photo is beautiful - those are really some billowy clouds. This image looks so much like a vintage postcard.

Unfortunately I am usually at work when I get around to reading SS so the only one I can think of (and have access to) at the moment is this one I made to look vintage for my daughters prom. (of course the guys crazy hairstyles are a telltale sign that it is not from the 30s).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/3444830566/in/set-72157616314170463/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterspread your wings
wow! gorgeous image and i love the clouds! ....like a postcard :)

here's one of mine.....http://www.flickr.com/photos/myinspiredheart/3347101236/in/photostream/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentersandra
Love this SoCal shot!

Do you think it has anything to do with this crazy world we live in and a desire for "the way things used to be" or maybe a "simpler life"?
I'm obsessing lately on vintage type textures for post processing, here are a few I just recently did
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3427876012/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3427066979/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3418875381/in/photostream/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterclaudia
What a gorgeous photo. Here's one I love:
http://www.viovio.com/photos/image/1038183/19781
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSunny
Sometimes a vintage processing is just what a photo needs. Here's one from the other day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/momandcamera/3441747511/

This one has just a hint of it:
http://momandcamera.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-beginning.html

Thanks for the inspiration!!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterGayleV
I love this photo. So Cal is where I dream of living someday.... :)
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterrobyn
Oh Tracey, those clouds, that water, the sky.... BLISS!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCarmen Torbus
I love this trend and have developed a style that is actually getting me more like-minded clients :)

I have so many vintage artworks sprinkled throughout my blog: http://blog.bagdanoffphoto.com

Sigh, so pretty.
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBecky
I like the vintage look...am a one-trick-pony in this regard currently. I'm still learning!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/3371703450/in/set-72157608590469673/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/3336140505/in/set-72157608590469673/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKathleen O.
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
http://lesliephoto.blogspot.com/2009/04/san-francisco-treat.html

I really love the vintage look..as well as the views that CA has to offer, that is exactly why I moved here!!! Here's my Cali vintage photo. Let me know what you think!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie
Gorgeous photo, Tracey!! xoxo, ~ M.
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMariella
I got some great shots of bright red tulips the other day that were amazing SOOC. These pale pink tulips were just lacking, though. I thought the antique look was a nice touch.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krstlchik/3429076430

Then, there's this tree which I think looks kind of eery with a vintage look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krstlchik/3021357906
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCrystal
I'm finding it harder and harder not to give evry photo I take that vintagey nostalic feel...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/angies/3422586492/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAngie Muldowney
Love your water/sky image. I processed this photo to give it a bit of a seventies look, the days of my childhood, even though it's actually a recent photo of my daughter.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/99766742@N00/3398696172/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentershan
love your image so much!

I have so many I'm not sure where to begin :) ... here then are just a couple

this is one of my current favourites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/3422671810/

hard picking the second one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27458974@N00/3346261697/

this one in sepia because it so aptly fit the scene:
http://dianeschuller.aminus3.com/image/2009-02-04.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDiane Schuller
Had to google me a tutorial. First vintage-y treatment I've ever tried: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31866449@N04/3444696135/. I confess I hadn't ever heard of "photochrom postcards" before today. Thanks for the challenge!
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNotAnna
Another picture postcard, although some say that Norfolk in England is already 30 years behind the times...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/selfsufficiencygirl/3445589348/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBelinda
Love the vintage look. It is taking me some time to get my flickr account set up but I instantly thought of this one after ready todays blog.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelliphotography/3444911551/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterShelli
You've inspired me! I just wrote a quick post about this and the first photo has a definite vintage feel!

http://albertaphotography.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/whats-new-can-be-old-again/

I've also checked out a bunch of the ones in the comments -- great work everyone.
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDiane Schuller
Was inspired and played around with my 365 photo for the day.

Wish there was a spring meadow in the background and not my car!

http://aubreyplays.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-april-showers-bring-may-flowers.html
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAubrey
such gorgeous clouds, and that color is so beautiful! Here is my attempt at vintage:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9068078@N05/3325054823/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermary
This was a fun (if not just a little cheezy) way to play with a photo from Tuesday's 365.

Thanks for the idea, and the really funky examples :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30297021@N02/3445871896/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKate at LIttle House Monday
here's one of my favorites from a month ago when our spring had just begun to make us all believe that winter was really over.....yet, aging it seemed to the best thing to do it.....go figure !!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29291473@N04/3445947082/
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbeth
oh wow that's beautiful...that's exactly how i felt when i took this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/msquid/3383795995/

it makes me want to go out and shoot some sky right now.
April 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermika
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