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Contrast will likely have to be adjusted to personal preference. However, I think Mastin did a really good job at simulating the Ilford profile with their presets. I have used VSCO's version of these film presets and they just don't do it justice. The grain, the subtle contrast theres just something about a good black and white photo, shot on Ilford.

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Ilford films were some of the very first films that I learned how to shoot film on. Since this image above contains a lot of lupine (purple alpine plant), I did have to adjust the luminance slider slightly. Luckily it is a simple fix, just slide the purple luminance slider back to desired location. However, depending on the image being edited, the purple color tones may get overhauled on the luminance and look a bit odd. The Fuji presets are super great overall. This film and film pack is really great for photographing people.

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Fujifilm makes skin tones look great, especially here.

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Mastin has done a great job of replicating Fuji's color in their Fuji Color Pro Pack. They are a really good all around film and are well-known for their greens. Fuji Pro (400H Neutral, 400H Blue, 160NS)ДЇuji's Pro films have been praised and used by wedding and portrait photographers for quite some time. With the correct lighting and exposure, adding the Portra Pushed film presets can really make an image pop. The Portra Pushed pack add a lot more contrast to the images and can be too contrasty if not used right. These tend to work best in the soft light (above) and strategically slight over-exposed images. I would not suggest using these in harsh light. When it is done right, it's breathtaking. Through my experience it seems that this pushing only looks good in certain situations. The pushed look has never really interested me. You don't want everyone looking like they got a bad spray tan! Overall, a very great film preset. I just bring the orange saturation slider down a few until it looks right. I have noticed that with the Mastin preset, the oranges are often a bit too orange for my liking. Portra really makes photos pop with out having too much saturation or too much of an over contrasty look. I love the way the greens look in Portra. I use both film and Mastin presets for weddings and portraits, as well as skiing and landscape photography. It is a great film for portraits, and almost anything really. Kodak Portra will always be one of my favorite films. Without further ado, lets dissect a few of these film presets, and why I love them so much. Remember, presets can enhance your work, but don't necessarily make one a better photographer or make one's photos better. For each image I have applied the preset, and made some minor adjustments to my liking. The just looked stunning.Д«elow I have created some before/after images. They didn't have that hipster vibe to them. They have a subtle film look, and don't look over-edited. I put forth the money, tried them out, and was blown away. After some time of searching more, I came back to Mastin's site as I could not find anything that matched film closely, the way I wanted. I had my fair share of getting tricked into spending money on garbage presets. I was apprehensive because each film preset pack was one hundred dollars. The images looked somewhat like film, but it wasn't quite there for me.ДЄ fellow wedding photographer told me about Mastin Labs. I wasn't wanting the hipster style of editing associated with VSCO today, it's too clichГ©. Unfortunately VSCO didn't quite hit the nail on the head with their presets in my opinion. I used some VSCO filters here and there to get that true film look I was seeking. I have really come to love the profiles of these films and began to look for ways to simulate that in digital.ДЄt first I went with VSCO, since it was the only company I knew of that made film presets. My film endeavors first began with Ilford's HP5 and Kodak's Portra. However, my editing style in digital never really matched up well with the profiles of film I was shooting.

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Over that past year or so I have began to integrate film into my professional workflow. However, I am beginning to see more and more hybrid photographers that use both film and digital professionally. It's not likely that film will be used more than digital, do to cost and time. Surprising to some, film is back, and on the rise. For some time many thought that film would eventually die out since digital is so much easier.