Film Grain Emulation – 2025 Guide
It seems that every few years, I write an updated version of the Film Grain Emulation article. I do this because my passion drives me to learn more, and my
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4 Beginner Tips that lead to Mediocre portraits
It took me a while to learn that some photography advice is just a starting point and, sooner or later, will start to hold you back. The well-meaning tips we
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New way to add borders in Lightroom
You heard it right – No Photoshop required! This has been in the back of my mind for quite a while now. I’ve seen multiple times requests for this feature
If your Helios doesn’t have swirly bokeh, this might be the cause.
This article is not just for my fellow Nikon DSLR users but for all the lens nerds out there! I know there aren’t many DSLR users left around but let’s
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Emualte teh colors of film in Lightroom
I might have stumbled upon something huge by mistake because Color Response Curves take emulating film colors to a whole new level All this time, we were all using presets
The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos gets even deeper (part 2)
It has been a bit over a year since my first article about film grain. And I thought that that was it and that I’d dug more in-depth than most
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User-Centric Lightroom Presets: Designing Styles for a Seamless and Enjoyable User Experience
There is a huge difference between saving all your settings when you are done with an image and carefully crafting a preset that will be useful for others. Our shooting
Craft stunning Anamorphic Bokeh with Custom Lens Inserts.
This article strives to be the ultimate design guide on modifying your spherical lens to produce the type of anamorphic boke you can see in the movies. And because I’m
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If you use vintage lenses you have to try this
I’ll start this article by saying, I love shooting vintage glass for the character it can imprint on my images. I love the swirly bokeh, the bloom, and the flares
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Hot to use masks to take Lightroom Grain to the next level
I will preface this by saying that I am not an Adobe fanboy and if this is not clear, I am not paid to praise the Lightroom Classic team in
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