I’ve always liked the look of vintage photography—the kind that mostly comes from film cameras—the texture… the colors… the look I’ve been trying to recreate lately. I did a similar exploration before with VSCO, but now I use Adobe Lightroom.
It’s not easy so far. I still don’t grasp much about color editing—I wish I could think more logically during exploration instead of kind of brute-forcing. But I’m sure this kind of sense sharpens over time with more practice—as well as feeding myself with more references!
Then I made my first three vintage presets.
The first one is too yellowish—dull and washed out. But I’ll keep it and improve it. I feel like it could work for photos that need a warm nostalgic feel.
This one is an improvement over preset 1 with a cooler tone—more balanced. I’m okay with this one for now—tried it on other photos and it works well—though still not satisfied yet.
I like the colors on this one—it somehow works with this photo. The problem is it doesn’t quite work with other photos.
It’s kind of ironic—and a hassle too—using a digital camera but chasing the look of vintage photography. I even had to do a workaround on the lens side myself—my camera isn’t high-spec, but it still produces crisp photos.
Never wanted to own a film camera—rather recreate the look instead!
My delightful irony.