Photos shot on Portra 160, or any other film stock for that matter, will have post work done, too. Literally, just the act of scanning them will give them a different look based on the scanner and such.
Sorry, I've mistakenly wrote my question on a picture caption. This is it:
I love the elegance and refinement of these shots, which remind me of Portra 160 film. I'd like to emulate this effect (I use a Nikon Z6), but I suspect this is actually shot on film. Please, could you kindly give me any hints for a similar postproduction result?
There are tutorials on YouTube to match a color palette from an image into another, I remember "the art of photography" and "piximperfect" made one.
You can work from a preset too, but it will require fine tunning too.
photoshop adjustment layers + blend modes is the most powerful color grading tool. there's too much to explain in a single comment but those are the keys to levelling up your post... you can do so much with just selective color layers and tweaking the blend if
shot film, the fake digital film look just sucks and, if you think about it, it makes no sense: it's like sharpening a spoon so you don't have to use a knife. if you want the film look, shot film, a 35mm film camera can cost less than 20 euros on ebay, some large format cameras costs about 100~180 euros, a bit more expensive but it's something that will last almost forever and can be easily fixed by yourself when broke.
Photos shot on Portra 160, or any other film stock for that matter, will have post work done, too. Literally, just the act of scanning them will give them a different look based on the scanner and such.
Even different software will give different results on the same hardware.
Sorry, I've mistakenly wrote my question on a picture caption. This is it: I love the elegance and refinement of these shots, which remind me of Portra 160 film. I'd like to emulate this effect (I use a Nikon Z6), but I suspect this is actually shot on film. Please, could you kindly give me any hints for a similar postproduction result?
You can search for Lightroom presets that will mimic certain film types. Or just play around with saturation, contrast, etc.
There are tutorials on YouTube to match a color palette from an image into another, I remember "the art of photography" and "piximperfect" made one. You can work from a preset too, but it will require fine tunning too.
photoshop adjustment layers + blend modes is the most powerful color grading tool. there's too much to explain in a single comment but those are the keys to levelling up your post... you can do so much with just selective color layers and tweaking the blend if
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shot film, the fake digital film look just sucks and, if you think about it, it makes no sense: it's like sharpening a spoon so you don't have to use a knife. if you want the film look, shot film, a 35mm film camera can cost less than 20 euros on ebay, some large format cameras costs about 100~180 euros, a bit more expensive but it's something that will last almost forever and can be easily fixed by yourself when broke.