chris_king2 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 hi im a newbie to the photography world. i was wondering how one would get a photo to look like this - <a href="http://www.twinpalms.com/Pages/backlist/ images/archslide/03.jpg">picture</a> - as in what is the process and how is it accomplished. any input would help - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 That looks very much like a regular old photo that has turned yellowish/brown with age. Try toning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_crame1 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 The process is hypnosis. It is accomplished with a fob-watch swung on a chain. Then, as your stooge hovers in levitation, you slide a bush underneath him. Simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimvanson Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 chris...there are many things you can do to give a photo a look. The most important question you have to ask yourself is will you take a straight photo and then post in a darkroom or digitally or will you use filters, multipal exposures, deffusion, etc when taking the photo thus starting out with a manipulated original. I always attempt to take my photo's straight, no filters, no defussion. I then do everything post exposure. I find it's better that way as you can always start over on your straight print or your straight print can end up looking several different ways. Here is a straight B&W neg scan of XP@ Super film. I scan XP2 Super as a color neg instead of a B&W neg, thus the sepia color.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimvanson Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Never happy with what I've got, here is how the shot ended up...at least ended up so far...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_pistor Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Hi Jim, ever tried to cross process the XP2? Should end up in a slide (pos) rather similar to your digiprocess. I`d recommend 2 stops push processing indeed. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed b. Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Sepia toner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_chamberlain Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 What would be the effect of underfixing a print and allowing it to sit in daylight for a length of time before finishing the fixing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ole_tjugen Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 At least with Ilford MG III, an undefixed print will eventually get a pinkish warm hue in the highlights and (especially) light grays. I don't know how other papers will react, as I've learned to change fixer more often since then... Sometimes the tinge can be quite pleasing - but my really good example is too big for my scanner at 16x20 inches :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_mullineaux Posted May 7, 2003 Share Posted May 7, 2003 Well there are a couple of things that make that photo look old. First, which has already been mentioned, the sepia tone, not too hard to do. Second is that it looks like it was textured during printing or digitally simulating old photo paper. Third is that the focus is soft or somewhat diffused which can be typical of old portrait lenses. Fourt and finally is the vignetting which is the darkening in the corners. All of this can be done if Photoshop with various filters. An alternative that will give you points 3 and 4 for $16+film is the Holga or Diana camera. Originally intended to be toys these cameras vignette and have soft focus because their quality is shoddy at best and most people would hesitate to call them a camera. <a href="http://www.jmxphoto.com/random/Holga_Big_Ben.shtml">Here's a link</a> that shows you a sample "old style" image made with a Holga 120s. If you're interested in these camera <a href="http://www.jmxphoto.com/toy/hlinks.shtml">here's a bunch of holga links.</a><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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