Haze color in photos

[bowen.deanna]

I was wondering what do people do to their photos that gives it that dreamy haze look?

 

[MTVision]

I was wondering what do people do to their photos that gives it that dreamy haze look?

There are millions of ways to achieve haze - in camera and in an editing program.

Not sure if you have photoshop or a similar editing program but you can use levels to add haze - You can also do colored haze with this method...

http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/photoshop-haze

I'm sure if you do a google search you will come up with hundreds of different tutorials on how to add haze in post.

 

[SoCalTiger]

If you are talking about that slightly blurred look, just add a Gausian Blur layer at low opacity on top of your image. You can also have a Color Adjustment layer if you want to shift the tones a bit. Another way to color shift is to place a low opacity layer which is a solid color (for instance, a yellow layer at low opacity if you want a yellow color cast).

 

[MWC2]

Do you mean hazy or matte? As others have said if you post a link to a sample you like, someone will be able to give you some pointers.

Hazy can be done pretty easy in post, add a solid colour layer (usually a creamy yellow, dusty pink, light burnt tan or even a dark purple), change the layer mode to "Soft Light" and adjust the opacity to around 15 to 20 percent.

Matte is even easier. Open a new levels layer, grab the blacks arrow (bottom slider) and pull it to the right until you get the look you are after.