I searched for an online tutorial for creating old looking photos in Photoshop. I found an in-depth one at
http://quinnstephens.com/tutorials/oldphoto.html The inspiration for this was a found photograph that I've featured more than once in my visual diary blog.
I practiced on a photo I took of some clouds, in the hopes it would become less 'twee'
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