I decided that I wanted the look and feel of “real” emulsions like Ilford HP5 or Kodak Portra. I’ll run you through the faves and you can decide for yourself what might suit you well…įor the past year or so, I’ve cycled various plugins and applications through my workflow, trying to find the right add-ons that bring the response curves and grain of old film back into digital images. We can all love digital photography just as much, however, so finding a happy medium is the task of this post.

As the man said, the “look” of film isn’t something we are willing to part with….(and we’re not talking the vintage filters on your iphone or droid.) Some of this comes from an old-school love of grain some of it has to do with the fact that we just love the way film renders tonality and color. And no doubt you all will have some other tricks not covered here to add… In my studio we use a lot of digital tools to get this look and it seems there ar always new software toys emerging for this very job… But since I’m out on assignment now, I can’t think of a better guy to walk you through a handful of the very best options than my pal Sohail. Well, if you’ve ever been in a pickle over how to get the speed of digital with the look of film, join the crowd. I’m often dragging around my Polaroid 600, my Hassie 500cm, some Lomo stuff (or these other film cameras)… but it’s next to impossible to have clients get fired up to shoot film in a professionals setting. A lot of us still shoot film for love and for fun.

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