Let's think about what we know of the film look. Besides the tones, it's often a lot softer. It's very difficult for someone to look bad when you're shooting them with film. We love the look of film photography and what it does.
Years ago, photographer Frank W. Ockenfels III discussed how digital is too sharp and clear. But as scanners are replaced with dedicated cameras, film is going to face a very big problem. . thephoblographer.com
It's everywhere. Every time I look at photos my friends make in publications, they've got a bit of the film look. If it's not the vintage appeal, it's the softness or specific tonality of the images that make us yearn for something special. thephoblographer.com »
2024-09-16 07:00
When you shoot portraits with film, you're expecting a specific look. This is so yearned for that there are digital presets created to emulate the look. But it's never quite the same thing. Shooting with film is a lot more involved. thephoblographer.com »
2021-06-28 19:00
The so-called film look or vintage aesthetic remains a popular visual style among photographers, whether they get it through shooting film or experiment with digital filters and presets. Nothing does it better than shooting with actual film cameras, but if you're not yet sure about that, the digital route should If you're using Adobe Lightroom to edit your photos and want to know how you can use it to get the film look, here's a quick tutorial that will at least cover working with Curves. thephoblographer.com »
2020-03-27 13:00
Movies Insider has released a ten-minute behind-the-scenes look at the Golden Globe-winning film ‘1917,’ showing the incredible amount of thought, planning, camera work and editing that went into the World War I film that’s made to look as though it was captured in one, continuous shot. dpreview.com »
2020-01-21 22:16
A few years ago, I saw an article on water-damaged film that claimed the damage was due to bacteria and fungus eating the film. Having a bit of experience with fungus and bacteria from various scientific projects over the years, I thought I would explore this topic. Could I speed up the process? I also […] petapixel.com »
2019-12-04 21:06
In my never-ending search for that “special” photographic look that sets me apart from the competition, I recently discovered that overexposing film increases the grain and adds a vintage pictorial look to my images. petapixel.com »
2019-07-24 21:34
$(document). ready(function() { SampleGalleryV2({"containerId":"embeddedSampleGallery_6234428043","galleryId":"6234428043","isEmbeddedWidget":true,"selectedImageIndex":0,"isMobile":false}) }); Kodak has restarted production of one of its most famous film emulsions - Ektachrome. dpreview.com »
2018-06-17 16:00
Every time that RNI puts out an update of some sort, I get very excited. For years, they've been my go to for film emulation simulations in times when I want my digital files to look like film and I didn't happen to shoot film. thephoblographer.com »
2018-02-02 08:00
While I really do enjoy the look of Kodak Tri-X 400, almost nothing in black and white has made me drool like Ilford Delta 400. Ilford Delta 400 I always felt delivered those inky, beautiful black levels that I've alway been smitten with. thephoblographer.com »
2018-01-08 14:00
There is a reason that film simulation presets are so popular, and that there are entire websites and communities of photographers built up around them – they look good and have interesting looks that you just don’t get (usually) right out of a digital camera. thephoblographer.com »
2017-10-24 19:00
There is a reason that film simulation presets are so popular, and that there are entire websites and communities of photographers built up around them – they look good and have interesting looks that you just don’t get (usually) right out of a digital camera. thephoblographer.com »
2017-10-24 19:00
Two years ago, I published an article that took a lighthearted approach to making fun of the major wedding photograph image processing trends of the day. In today’s post, I will discuss the vintage film look at length. petapixel.com »
2017-04-08 17:42
When you consider the history of Ilford film, Delta probably gets the most love despite another film like Ilford FP4 being highly capable and perhaps even better at delivering a look that so many modern digital photographers try to emulate. thephoblographer.com »
2017-04-04 13:02
There are loads and loads of film emulations that have been more or less copied with presets for Lightroom. Everyone has their own interpretation, and for the most part if you ask any film photographer, they'll tell you that they don't look like film. thephoblographer.com »
2017-03-22 13:03
For a fairly long time now, I've ditched Lightroom for Capture One and I couldn't be happier. But something that I've missed is having film profiles for my images--if not because they didn't necessarily look like film, because I just genuinely liked the look of the photos. thephoblographer.com »
2017-02-27 08:04
There is something (and call this a rant as much as you want) that's been bothering me for a while now. Photographers on Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, etc. use all these various filters and genuinely believe that their photos look like actual film. thephoblographer.com »
2017-01-30 08:02
StreetPan is the 400 speed, panchromatic brain-child of Bellamy Hunt of Japan Camera Hunter fame. As the story goes, reeling from the discontinuation of Neopan 400 in 2014, Bellamy began investigating what it would take to bring a film to market that captured some of the distinct characteristics he most liked about Neopan 400. And […] petapixel.com »
2017-01-10 18:42
In general, there are two major sides of the vintage film filters wars when it comes to mobile devices: Mastin and RNI. RNI chooses to focus on trying to emulate every single look of films out there while Mastin takes a different approach with an emphasis on only a few key film emulsions. thephoblographer.com »
2016-12-13 08:02
VSCO, Mastin, and other preset brands have been making a killing bringing the film look to photographers who use Lightroom for years now, but what about those who don't have Lightroom or prefer to do their processing in Photoshop? What is the simplest, most straight-forward way to get that black and white film look in Photoshop? thephoblographer.com »
2016-09-19 16:15
SIGMA Photo Pro версии 6. 8. 5, программа обработки RAW изображений для камер SIGMA, теперь доступна для загрузки. Это обновление обеспечивает повышенное удобство использования и производительность для пользователей ПК и Macintosh.
Skylum выпустила версию Luminar Neo 1.18.2 с более стабильной производительностью и лучшим чтением метаданных для файлов DNG, что означает более точное открытие изображений.
Nikon выпустила свое фирменное ПО NX Tether версии 2.00, NX Studio версии 1.6.0 и Camera Control Pro 2 версии 2.37.0.
Canon обновила инструмент обработки изображений «Neural network Image Processing Tool» (для Windows) в Digital Photo Professional, поддерживающий функции обработки изображений на основе глубокого обучения. Номер версии - 1.2.30.
Каждый год Adobe объявляет об обновлениях своих удобных программ для редактирования изображений Photoshop Elements и Premier Elements, и этот год не стал исключением. Эти обновления, как и сами программы, представляют собой сочетание удобного в использовании функционала и новых дополнительных творческих возможностей.
Трехмерная справочная таблица N-Log 3D LUT, разработанная компанией Nikon для градуировки цветов в видеороликах, снятых в гамме N-Log, выпущена в версии 1.06.
Компания Adobe выпустила обновления для своих программ обработки цифрового контента, в том числе для фотографов будет интересна новая версия Lightroom Classic 13.0, а для тех кто занимается монтажом видео - Adobe Premiere Pro 24.0.