First I will answer the following question: Why a survey?Īs you may know, our perception is subjective, and in photography, there is no “true” or “false”. So, enough preface, let’s dive into the survey that formed the basis for my findings. I decided to investigate if people with knowledge and experience in photography have a “ trained eye” for differentiating photographs made using traditional photographic film from the digital film simulations.
#Dxo film simulation software#
Everything became even more interesting after I found an article in which Salgado describes how he “ renounced” Kodak Tri-X 400 in 2008 and simulates the style of this film on the PC using the same DxO FilmPack I’d decided to use.ĭuring my research, I had to deal with a wide spectrum of topics: I learned a lot about old photographic methods, the similarities between digital and film photography, factors which affect the look of the photograph, how film simulation software works, and about the creation and analysis of an online survey as well. That was the main reason I decided upon Kodak Tri-X 400 as the subject of my research. The topic was largely influenced by the black and white photographs from Sebastião Salgado, one of my biggest role models (and yes… I am in my creative black and white phase…).
A few years ago during a conversation with my professor – as we were talking about the unique style from Polaroid photos – we came to the topic of the “ film look“.
At the time of writing, I have been “into” photography for over 8 years and always found the look from old photographs to be interesting and unique.
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