Photography tip: Pics from the 60’s

If for any reason you would like to replicate the look of early color film, and are using Photoshop, here are a few tips:

1. Dress your subject in appropriately aged clothing.
2. Find an interior that is difficult to date (the era . . . not dinner and a movie)
3. Create a vertical composition. In this case, sloppy compositions look more genuine.
4. Set your camera to capture in its lowest contrast setting
5. Use an attached flash so that a sharp shadow is created against the back wall.
6. In Photoshop or any other image editor, defocus the photo with the Gaussian Blur filter. Old family photos were rarely sharp.
7. Desaturate your photo about 50%; less vibrancy is needed.
8. Adjust color balance so more red and yellow are added.

And
there you have it! One important factor is the printing. Make sure that
whoever prints the photo does not "correct" any color or contrast
settings. Tell them to print the photo as is.

Thanks to professional photographer Mark Hemmings (www.markhemmings.com) for writing this photo tip.