I was tired of spending time in Lightroom post processing my images to look like ‘film’. I spent a lot of time creating a preset in Lightroom to try and make my photos look like National Geographic . On a side note when I was a child we had a subscription to NG and I’m sure that had some impact on me and why I like photography so much. But I digress.
It felt like work after spending hours in nature shooting then coming home to the daunting task of culling, then processing all my photos that were shot in RAW.
I was in the deep end of thinking I had to shoot RAW to get the best amount of data in my file rather than a pleasing picture. I subscribed to the ‘make it the best after you shoot’ method. This literally would take hours of touching up and tweaking in Lightroom.
I found some articles and forum posts that led me to: https://nikonpc.com/ - a site that someone created and uploaded Nikon profiles that mimic all our favorite film stocks.
You simply browse the examples and download the ones you want to try. Copy the file to your SD card then load it into your camera. VOILA! Film stock settings that manipulate the color definitions, contrast sharpness etc.
Now you have more options besides (vivid, portrait etc) in your camera.
It shoots only JPG with these profiles – but I think that’s a positive as it saves space.
The other great thing as well is with the newer Nikons (like my D5600) is SNAPBRIDGE. Snapbridge now allows me to connect to my camera to my phone and grab a copy of the pictures which I can then easily put into Instagram and Facebook.
I think for this point in time I’ve learned what I can from Lightroom and I just want to spend more time shooting and less time editing.
Let me know if you have any questions in the comments. Hope this helps those film enthusiasts that shoot digital!
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