Smashing Magazine: Uncovering Toy Cameras and Polaroid Vintage Effects (With Photoshop Tutorials).
“These devices, made entirely of plastic, including often the lens itself, are not only toys. Sure, they cost next to nothing and have no controls to speak of, but this is what people like about them: they create unpredictable pictures, with equally unpredictable vintage effects. Once you understand this, the rest is a beautiful game.” The end of the article has full Photoshop tutorials for those who want to ‘fake it.’
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Or just buy a Holga for 30 bucks instead of faking toy camera pictures with your $2,000 DSLR!!
(Not as in you, I’m using a general you here.)