Film grain: are you doing it right, or does it just look like noise? For photographers, the idea of film grain is pretty new if you’ve only been shooting for a couple of years. Digital noise is one thing, but film grain can look pretty beautiful. It’s an organic look and with the right exposure,
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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
Fujifilm Corporation announced that it is developing its first-ever filmmaking camera, the Fujifilm GFX Eterna, scheduled for release in 2025. [Read More]
Lexar's Professional Go Portable SSD and Hub, which raised over a million dollars on Kickstarter, is finally in-stock and shipping. [Read More]
When Canon unveiled the RF 35mm f/1. 4 L VCM lens in June, the company referred to its fast new prime lens as the first in a series of new hybrid primes. That series has grown by two today with the launch of the RF 24mm f/1.
Instagram lowers the video quality on less popular posts that aren't amassing as many views.
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Thypoch's new Simera-C cine lenses offer four focal lengths for Sony E-mount with all metal construction and optimized for high-resolution full frame cameras. [Read More]
The Nikon Photo Contest, running since 1969, has welcomed filmmakers into the fold in recent years. To better showcase this, the upcoming 40th edition of the competition has a new name: The Nikon Film and Photo Contest. [Read More]
The Sony a7S series is the oft-forgotten member of the Alpha lineup, languishing in the shadows of its siblings and never quite finding a place to shine. However, while some think the series should -- or at least will -- be left in the past, perhaps the Sony a9 III shows that there's instead a path to a bright future for a hypothetical a7S IV. [Read More]