So I've been shooting a lot of film lately, and I'm trying to experiment with different types of film in different film cameras.
Many of these film effects are things that people devote a lot of time and energy towards recreating with photoshop. I often see examples of digitally altered photos that are supposed to look like a particular type of film, but look nothing like it.
This is an opportunity to show off your photoshop skills by emulating the film and film camera effect of real film shots.
The Challenge:
I'll post a few example shots taken with a specific film and camera combo.
You find photos of similar subjects and/or similar lighting situations and photoshop the heck out of them to emulate the defining characteristics of the real film shots.
In other words, you can't just follow a generic photoshop tutorial, because it won't exactly match the specific film I'm using.
I think this will be a fun way to get a good feeling for a variety of film and film camera effects. It will also help with methods to achieve these effects with post processing.
If possible, please include a brief description of your post processing!
CHALLENGE #1:
-- Camera: Lomo LC-A
-- Film: Fuji Velvia 100
-- Processing: XPRO (Cross Processed, meaning slide film was developed in C41)
Defining Characteristics:
The Lomo LC-A is known for it's wide angle lens (32mm f/2.8), moderate vignette which is emphasized in brighter light, and heavily saturated colors.
Cross processed Fuji Velvia is known for it's high contrast and color shift towards red/pink/yellow depending on the exact chemicals used. Processing at my lab tends to yield deep reds and yellows with slightly desaturated blues when shot in sunlight. Indoor photos become even more redish.
The Photos:
Let's see some of yours!!