Rollei RPX 400 w/ Diana 151 + digital frame

I did this once before, where I merged analog with digital (in Supersampler Hack meets RadLab), and I did it once again, this time to bring out the old from my photos. The images were originally shot in black and white using the Diana 151 and I thought the images came out a little too contrasty than I had anticipated. To tone is down a little I decided to merge the images with a frame template I found online. You can easily google “vintage frame template” and choose one to work with. Most probably you would need to resize and crop the frame to fit your photo.

I did this all in Photoshop, and you can do it too.

1. Resize frame to fit image.

2. Import image into Photoshop, change opacity to Multiply at 30%

3. Paste same image into a new layer, change opacity to Overlay 30%

4. Paste same into once more into a new layer, change opacity to Saturation 30%

You can play with the opacity strength based on the color of your frame. I thought a more sepia look would suit this frame than a faded straight B&W one and ended up with this.

Just for your reference, here is the original image shot on film.

-eleanorrigby236