Photo Retouching - - Photo Nostalgia

alexandre · #1 12-08-2006, 02:03 PM

Pulled the "old Calumet 4X5" the other day for a friend who wanted a Dark Portrait. This was done using type 55 pola neg. I think that I would have taken 500 shots with my 20D for the time it took me for this one. I know that my neg is dirty and the scan far from adequate, but I still enjoyed the exercise. This also reminded me that the photographers we admire the most still use a lot of film. Just sharing my nostalgia.
Thanks

Alex

CathyH · #2 12-08-2006, 05:23 PM

Here is my try at making him a dark character.

alexandre · #3 12-09-2006, 10:46 PM

Thanks Cathy. I Like it.
Adding to my theme, I shot this tonight...an interesting take on the evolution of the media.

auroraskye · #4 12-12-2006, 09:29 PM

Is the photo you posted completely untouched already? It's beautiful as is.. I don't think it needs a thing. Unrelated to photoshop, but I have a (erm, my brother's) Nikon and I want to shoot some film.. Shooting some photos this weekend, so perhaps that's a good time to try it out..

alexandre · #5 12-12-2006, 09:39 PM

Aurora,
indeed this is an untouched negative scan. Have fun shooting on film and post your results.

Alex