How to get this contrast & color

[mcap1972]

VSCO to the rescue

 

[Light Guru]

So you're saying there wasn't magic involved?

The only magic in photography is the creative mind.

 

[ralgozino]

Hi!

My first collaboration here, hope to be helpful.

I understand that you are asking what post-processing to use to achieve those deeps blacks and the worm feeling. I don't know what you are using to edit your photos, I use lightroom, but should be similar in the one you are using.

Try this:

1. Set your blacks leve to -10 or sometinhg similar, move the slider to the negatives until you are happy with the balcks depth.
2. Go to your contrast curve, and move the contrast a little to the right in the blacks (number 1 in the screenshot below). That will give you the washed out look.

Hope that helps!

 

[Forkie]

Bingo:

Lighting in the original photo starts you off, but the colouring is all Photoshop.