Getting gritty, 70ish photos like these

[djacobox372]

Digital noise doesn't look like film grain, so shooting at a high-iso will just make it harder to reproduce this look in post.

This looks like it was shot on cheap slide-film, which has a very low dynamic range and is prone to blow out the whites and lose the darks.

So you could just pick up an old 35mm camera and shoot some cheap slide film, or you could shoot digitally and increase contrast, clamp the blacks and whites, and add film grain as a post-process.

 

[kundalini]

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[Josh66]

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Which one...?

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

Just get a disposable camera or any cheap film camera and film. Have it developed onto a CDrom like pretty much every major 1 hour photo does nowadays. Then open in photoshop or some other program and add more grain if needed or desaturate the colors slightly etc.

Also, I don't see anything about those shots that screams 70s or "Vintage" to me. They just look noisy and grainy like shot with a cheap as hell digital camera or a cell phone in low light. My advice was if you REALLY want a vintage film look and don't want to risk taking a digital camera

 

[kundalini]

Which one...?

Keith was trying to do the right thing. As terri used to say after the ownership changed, that we, as the members, drive the adherence to the guidelines because the mods are few and far between. I have also made comments when new members haven't read the guidelines. It helps the flow of exchange and as in this case, double posting should be called out. As in......
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...hoto-gallery/237040-canary-passion-smile.html
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/.../232054-studio-lighting-help.html#post2138605
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/beyond-basics/227132-lighting-setup-portrait.html#post2094924

 

[Josh66]

That's what I thought. Just making sure, and also poking a little fun.

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