Playing with your layers palette in Photoshop can give you options for different types of looks to your photos, so I would definitely recommend spending some time experimenting. So I then moved both of these textures and placed them directly over my image. Now I can’t see my image at all, that is until I go to the top of my layers palette where it says “Normal” and I choose “Softlight” for both layers and this was the end result.
I also added a layer mask and erased away some of the texture on the face so it wouldn’t look so funky, but you can do what ever you like. I have a deatiled tutorial that can walk you through adding textures in Photoshop Elements or the full Photoshop program step by step here. I’ve also added these same textures on my photostream on flickr so you can try them out yourself. Feel free to use them any way you’d like.
In the end, I have picture that feels like it comes from another place and time, with almost an eerie feeling about it. I LOVE it! It was just what I was hoping for. Good luck with your own experiments.
