 Everett W. Sullivan |
How To Give B&W Photographs the Old Look? How do I give photographs the "old look"? such as... All the blacks are very dark. All the whites are very light. Darkened edges. Just the "old look" in general.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Shoot with a blue filter, overexpose, and vignette the print. How's that?
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Stephanie Adams |
Jeff, what does the blue filter do over the red filter? Just curious :O) I only have a red filter is why I am asking.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Older b&w films were highly sensitive to blue. So using a blue filter will help to give you the same effect as using the older films.
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Everett W. Sullivan |
Thanks for the input jeff. I will certainly try that next time.
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Pamela J. White |
Jeff, what do you mean by "...So using a blue filter will help to give you the same effect as using the older films." Older films? Or Older effect? I thought film expires after a certain time...The reason I ask is because I can't get contrast to save my life, and I'm tired of spending the entire DAY in that dark room with the contrast filters experimenting with aperatures and times on the enlargers...I'm running out of creativity...
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Pamela, when I say older films I mean films that were made in the olden days ;-))). Not films that are past their expiration dates. If you are having trouble with contrast you can do a couple of different things. One, overexpose the film. Chances are you just aren't getting the exposure right and it just needs more. Or B, if you are developing your film yourself, push it (increase it's development time).
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