The "old" look, ala Nick Brandt

Any one have any experience or tips on converting digital photo's into ones

that look older? I have in mind especially the style of Nick Brandt in "On This

Earth."

Hi Tim,

 

Have a look at this: http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/photowiz/bwstyler/index.htm

 

Les

Tim_yes ist possible; use color balance to simulate a sepia tone, use a background copy to apply a lens blur to a image and a mask to apply it only around, use a film border to put on top and do a good darkroom over the image, if well done it should look great.

 

Also see me free action i post last week, some of them should help you improving your digital darkroom.

Tim,

 

Have a look at http://www.bowhaus.com/news/brandt.php4.

 

As you may know Brandt used T-max film for most of that work. As with the traditional

wet darkroom it takes a good deal of time to master fine art printing in Photoshop. It can

be done but it's not as simple as using some PS action to achieve what Brandt has

accomplished.

Brandt's work might be closely approximated with a 5D or with exceptional 35mm film development craft. Not a question of resolution but of tone and smoothness. D70/D200/30D scream "small sensor!" in prints due to apparently-inescapable sharpening and limited tonal scale. They have plenty of detail resolution, but that's not enough to rival MF or the best 35 in other respects. IMO.