How do I get indie/vintage-looking photos?

you can either use a really crappy camera (like from a camera phone) or use a photoediting program to purposely degrade a photo.

www.pixlr.com has some pretty good retro/vintage effects.

One of the current fads is wanting to go back to a retro/vintage look. I just used the search box here on YA and came up with over 12,000 answers - this is a VERY common question http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?page=1&p=%28retro%2C+OR+vintage%2C+OR+old%29&scope=all&fltr=_en&question_status=all&date_submitted=all&category=396546037&answer_count=any&filter_search=1#yan-qt There are plenty of websites with ready made click-of-a-button functions, they make it very simple to understand for anybody at all. Or if you feel up to a bit of a challenge, you could spend the time to learn how to do it properly, either from scratch or with the help of a plug-in and/or action. First of all, consider the advantages of resident programs over using websites. Keep in mind that you only have to install a program once, yet if you use a website, you have to first upload each and every photo, work it, then download each one again. MUCH more up and downloading in the long run, and when your internet is down, you have nothing. If you only want to edit a few photos, websites are ok, but if you have more, then resident programs are much better. Don't expect instant perfection - depending on what you want to do and how GOOD you need it to look, it can take years to acquire those skills. The best programs are Adobe Photoshop (expensive, but it IS the king), or its smaller cousin, Photoshop Elements (way cheaper and still very good!). If the program HAS to be free, here are some good choices: The Gimp. It is ugly but very good, especially for the "price". http://www.gimp.org/ Paint.net - not to be confused with Microsoft's "Paint" program! http://www.paint.net/ Photoscape - can't do everything, but quite adequate for the average user: http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php If you insist on a free website: http://www.picnik.com (closing soon but still available via Google+) or http://www.picture2life.com/ or http://fotoflexer.com/. If you want something more capable, try http://pixlr.com/ or http://www.sumopaint.com/web/