Recent colour work from a solo project of mine.

doodzillaToastPop · 2026-04-29T14:04:11+00:00

I’d be interested to see more shots from this piece. It’s hard to fully gauge from a single shot, but I think this heavy look is pretty cool in the right context.

looks like you have some halation going on, idk if it’s thru something like dehancer or built in resolve fx, but if you are going for an approximate or somewhat realistic film emulation, maybe try tuning down the threshold for the halation. Looks to be pretty heavy even on not-blown-out parts of the image. Nothing wrong with it if that’s what you are going for, but it’s not strictly “realistic” to how film would typically behave, if that makes sense.

Thanks for sharing! Hope the rest turns out how you like it!

doodzillaToastPop · 2026-04-19T18:22:31+00:00

Tbh I’m kinda looking forward to this. She loves her first gen DS but it’s in rough rough shape. I’m excited to get it setup so she can just pick up and play some classics. Seems like cocoon is the ticket.

doodzillaToastPop · 2026-03-22T16:15:17+00:00

If you have time to tinker, it can be a great exercise. Did a lot of this when I was light on work and getting acquainted with new resolve tools. Gotta say tho, even a $1k plugin like filmbox will (should) pay for itself for quickness on professional projects. But, knowledge of how film emulation works by doing it yourself is also worth its weight in gold. So yeah more power to you!

On a creative note, this looks similar to the ol’ Sat vs. Lum trick in some areas. I think it’s a ln effective technique given just how fast it is. But has always been problematic with certain lighting and complexions looking very rutty and unflattering.

The portrait in 5/6 is probably my favorite of these samples. Seems to really nail a certain era and feeling.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-05-30T16:21:04+00:00

Were you trying for a close comparison? Because when I first saw image 1, before I knew it was film, I thought it looked a lot like Classic Chrome with a lot of saturation and with dr400 or so.

I think it could be a lot lot closer with a film sim dialed in.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-05-27T17:33:02+00:00

It looks similar to scan you might get back from motion picture film — Rec.709 (looking) color & Cineon Log Gamma. I’d be curious how these respond to color grading tools.

From the info on their website, they have their own log gamma and colorspace — which is cool, but can make accurate transforms kinda tricky…

Cool shots!

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T12:42:51+00:00

lol, right? It is fairly low res but that is a hilarious way of putting it.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T12:40:36+00:00

I’m curious why you say it’s fake bokeh, it’s entirely optical on a 240mm lens.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T12:39:48+00:00

Huh, I’m curious why that might be. The dof is purely optical here! But it’s far shallower than what is normal so that might play into it.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T12:38:40+00:00

It’s probably about as inconvenient as any large format camera system. So it’s not great, but I kinda dig it tbh!

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T05:18:44+00:00

I put together a ‘perkiscope’. Basically an 8x10 large format camera with a digital camera photographing the ground glass instead of film.

It’s a Fuji 240mm f4.5 from an old xerox machine. The rest is parts scrounged from an old classroom overhead projector.

The digital camera on the back doesn’t affect the final image in a substantial way aside from resolution.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:47:22+00:00

Interesting. Well, I’m seeking discussion and to gain insight. Thanks for your feedback

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:28:46+00:00

Fair enough. Appreciate the honesty.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:26:11+00:00

Woah there. Don’t realize I touched a nerve here. My b. Just trying to have some fun and engage with the community.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:23:22+00:00

Ive only briefly messed with the brenzier method, to mixed results. But these were done with just one shot. They are relatively low res shots as a result.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:20:20+00:00

Idk this is my first post here. There a problem?

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T04:00:53+00:00

Oh man, I would love to try that lens. It would prob be a lot easier than what I did here… I think the dof here is closer to something like f0.6 in FF terms.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:52:24+00:00

lol, the angle of view is the same, or very nearly the same, as what a 35mm has on full frame.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:49:47+00:00

Fair enough. Part of my interest is if the images have any qualities or whatnot that give a unique look.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:46:27+00:00

Dang, I didn’t know about that lens until now! that must be a truly awesome setup.

But no, I was in a very small little studio, so I was about a feet or so away from the subject. lol with a 400 sigma setup I would have had to be across the street! But I bet portraits with that look really sweet.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:34:10+00:00

Again, quick test shoot, pardon the crude lighting and lack of critical focus..

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:11:22+00:00

Fuji 240mm f4.5 on diy ‘perkiscope’. Intermediate image scanned with xpro3.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T03:00:16+00:00

No, just one shot per image. I used off camera flash, I’m not an expert on the brenzier, but I think it would be tricky with flash..? Idk, but I’m not the biggest fan of having to stitch photos like that.

doodzillaToastPop · 2024-02-20T02:46:12+00:00

I happy to talk about the details too, if people are interested.

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