How do I get such analog colors?

[ikol]

I want to know, how I can get such analog and "easy looking" colors like on the attached b/w and color photos from Alasdair McLellan?

Thanks!

[ShadowLight]

http://illuminations.herokuapp.com

first one: load the look "BW Paper", and fully desaturate with the slider
second: try the look "Rich Base", and adjust cool/warm and saturation to taste

[ikol]

Thanks for your answere! Unfortunately I'm not able to open your link, allthough I did the necessary flash update. Is there another way to come to these results?

[ShadowLight]

make sure you allow scripting in your browser so the flash can load.


otherwise, there isn't such thing as "analog colours", there are different film media producing different tones, but to have something like the images you show (which keep in mind are digital files after all) requires proper toning of your source image.

for the BW, adjust luminosity according to colour (there are many ways to do that) and create a proper gradient map on top. Or just use the BW adj. layer in photoshop.

if you are looking for a "one button" solution that will get you something similar, the flash-page above may be what you are looking for.

cheers