Thread: Hipstamatic/Retro/Vintage Photos **Lots of pics

Very good photography
Keep up the good work

None of these photos have been improved by your filters. They are still great photos, but the effect seems entirely pointless.

Originally Posted by Marvo

None of these photos have been improved by your filters. They are still great photos, but the effect seems entirely pointless.

-That's as fair an opinion as any.

Thanks for the feedback.

**Note** It would be difficult to achieve "Hipstagram/Retro/Vintage" (especially Hipstagram/as it is software) photos without filters/software, as few people own retro/vintage cameras and have the resources to print and scan the photos.

Old cameras were not built to produce photos like these on purpose. These effects are defects from bad cameras, lenses, film and development process. You are using the oldschool/retro look as a crutch for adding spirit or life to otherwise pointless pictures. I'm thinking in particular of the ones of your pets and your eyes. Everyone knows the effect is fake, and it's pretty much just a repeat of all the B&W portraits people put up on the internet some years ago. Maybe in 5 years, people will be putting up low resolution pictures, riddled with JPEG and tiny-chip artifacts, and people will call it pretty?

"Old cameras were not built to produce photos like these on purpose. These effects are defects from bad cameras, lenses, film and development process. "

Exactly why I love it. I find a certain charm and beauty in the (edit: simulated) chaos of these 'defects'. Never knowing how they'll turn out.

"You are using the oldschool/retro look as a crutch for adding spirit or life to otherwise pointless pictures."

Again. As fair an opinion as any.

"I'm thinking in particular of the ones of your pets and your eyes."

Fair enough.

Everyone knows the effect is fake

They sure do.

Maybe in 5 years, people will be putting up low resolution pictures, riddled with JPEG and tiny-chip artifacts, and people will call it pretty?

Who knows. People may find the same novelty. I think the difference is in the fact that it's simulation of 'analog' photos, and analog has very much become a novelty.

Edit: In the same way that some people use vintage/analog Production equiptment (cameras, 4 track recorders, records, virtual analog synths) to certain effect, or go as far as simulating retro/vintage conditions, I enjoy simulating retro/vintage photos.

Edit2: For me, seeing the outcomes (of even the most mundane photos, such as my pets) is exciting and interesting. All effects (lense, flash, film) are completely randomized before the photo is taken, and I don't see the outcome until after it is taken, which I find enjoyable.

Anyways, I did not intend for this thread to house arguments/opinions. I meant for people to post their simulated (or real) analog-ish photos. If you want to continue this discussion you are free to create a thread for it.

I'm sorry, I did not mean to derail. I simply dislike the effect I guess. I recognise the same trend in music, as you noted, and I do not dislike that quite as much as the presence in photography. Perhaps I'm being unfair.

Originally Posted by Marvo

I'm sorry, I did not mean to derail. I simply dislike the effect I guess. I recognise the same trend in music, as you noted, and I do not dislike that quite as much as the presence in photography. Perhaps I'm being unfair.

No worries. I respect your forwardness.

Here are some photographs from a hiking/camping expedition I had before I left Colorado a few weeks ago. More continued on the next post.

Can Man.jpgCoat Tree.jpgArrival Time.jpgHome Base.jpgSnow Mountain.jpg

Here are the rest. Enjoy!

The Ridge.jpgVisions.jpgThe Lookout.jpgWash Away.jpgWorking Landscape.jpg

Oak Alley Plantation at sunset


Decours Architecture Exhibit in New Orleans

OP is fucking dope.