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Movie effect. How to get it ?
I can't understand what is the main reason of this movie look. Photos made by digital camera but look like in movie. For the best understanding what I mean, take a look at these photos: http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles/91 … 56baf1.jpg http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles7/7 … ae3d8f.jpg http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles13/ … b4eac8.jpg http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles14/ … 4d4d70.jpg And these don't have this effect and look like usual photos from digital camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/5103561054 … otostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/markcarlin … otostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/markcarlin … otostream/ What do you think, how to get this effect ? But please, don't say about vignette or cross-effect or film plugins in photoshop post production, I've tried it.  Jul 12 13 01:28 pm Link zaga2013 wrote: good old-fashioned photoshop/retouching. Jul 12 13 01:59 pm Link film plugins should get you close. They're fiddling w/ curves on the different color channels mostly. A.K.A. Instagram :-) Jul 12 13 03:11 pm Link It is called color grading. You need to know color theory to target image, bring color harmony, remove parasite colors etc. Here is an example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl … 6jz15YWzOA LR will give you the result you looking for. Movies don't look like movie. They look like crap. They look like movie after color correction. Jul 12 13 03:50 pm Link zaga2013 wrote: I wouldn't be surprised if the first 4 photos were shot on film. The dynamic range and the colors are the reason why I say that. Jul 12 13 06:48 pm Link me voy wrote: however, the exif data says otherwise. Jul 12 13 06:53 pm Link Probably just shot with great lenses and a Lil Photoshop tweaking. Jul 12 13 07:06 pm Link It is retouched, but not destroyed. Lol, nothing movie-esque about these. But, all of them have a quite low white point. Jul 12 13 07:28 pm Link IMO it's hardly a 'movie' look, merely an overused effect done by every photographer under the sun to make an otherwise voice-less image look more interesting..don't make nifty retouching filters your "style" Curves is the easiest way to do this stuff Here's a tutorial: https://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thre … st15855107 Jul 12 13 07:29 pm Link Thank you all! me voy wrote: Yes, maybe dynamic range is the main reason. Green Grape Photography wrote: 4th photo made by Canon lens 24-70 mm Karl Johnston wrote: Thanks, Karl. I read this post by Peano, but I think the color is not the main reason of this look, becouse the third photo is b/w: Jul 13 13 12:37 am Link I don't see anything that even remotely looks like a movie effect to me. Could you please elaborate a bit more on exactly what it is you like about the image? Color, contrast, color grading, depth of field, what? Jul 13 13 04:29 am Link Robert Jewett wrote: Thanks for reply, Robert. Jul 13 13 06:02 am Link It's all in the Curves! I have made curve presets for myself for various looks I'm after based upon my shooting style and whether or not I'm shooting available light or strobed. Here is a untouched original, default LR settings and nothing done to it. http://acnyphoto.smugmug.com/Proofs/Mis … 4568-L.jpg This has 3 curve layers and a Vibrance layer used to slightly desaturated it. One curve layer is set to normal and one to multiply, they have the same adjustments done to them and they also have a mask derived from the luminosity of the Blue channel with the opacity of the mask pulled down, the Curves layer on Multiply also had it's Opacity pulled down. The 3rd Curves layer is set to Luminosity and my points were derived from the highlights and shadows of her skin.  Jul 13 13 08:41 am Link if you have light room, they are tons of free presets on the web that can achieve this, then polished in ps. Jul 13 13 10:54 am Link zaga2013 wrote: Sorry. Other than a little bit lower contrast to the mid tones, all I see is a good conversion to black and white. Jul 13 13 11:12 am Link Ok. Lets try this. Compare 2 groups of photos. Do you see the difference ? Group 1:   Group 2:   Please, don't say about black point or grain, it's not the main difference between them, and the lighting is very similar. Jul 13 13 12:26 pm Link In first DNB is used to flatten out, and take detail away. In second, DNB is used to give contrast, and add detail. Perfect=fake. Jul 13 13 04:00 pm Link Jakov Markovic wrote: Very interesting idea. Yes, group 1 looks flat and more contrast, group 2 - less contrast, more detail in the shadows and in the result has a great volume. Jul 14 13 12:07 am Link zaga2013 wrote: Hard light vs not quite as hard light? Jul 14 13 12:10 am Link Karl Johnston wrote: Exactly. I see lighting differences, and overall a different look. Jul 14 13 01:38 am Link Oh, I'm exhausted.. I don't know how to explain more clearly. Yes, all the photos what I presented here and called 'movie' or 'film' look, are different in lighting, color, contrast, location and other, but all of them have one important thing, the people on these photos look like in movie, somewhere out there but not here in real world, they have some deep or volume, I don't know, but I'm looking exactly for this... 'Digital' - the people are here, they are real, right behind me, clear copy of how we see them in real life. Digital camera gives exact copy, even if the photos was retouched, cross-processed, skin is clear and shine, they still look real, and I don't want this... Jul 14 13 02:13 am Link VSCO Film would probably be great for what you're looking to achieve. https://vsco.co/ I haven't used it, but I love their iPhone app. Jul 14 13 08:07 am Link Movie subjects almost never make eye contact with the camera. Might be part of it. Jul 14 13 09:02 am Link zaga2013 wrote: I see exactly what you mean. Group 2 looks looks like old photos. I have some old fashion photography books I have been studying, Arthur Elgort, Sante D'Orazio, David Bailey, lots of the photos look like that. Jul 14 13 09:06 am Link Try outputting your digital file as a slide and re-scanning it. Jul 14 13 09:38 am Link Shei P wrote: Lighting is not at all similar and that's what makes them different. Jul 14 13 10:00 am Link Sounds like you just want to 'style' your photos. There's no advice more than "learn the tools to manipulate photos." It's light, it's processing, and it's retouching. Photography is art, it's creative, you make the photo how you want it to be. You can style it as flat or dark or colorful as you like. It has nothing to do with anything specific to film or movies. Someone already checked that some of the photos you linked were shot with digital. Jul 14 13 11:09 pm Link |
