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Hey ya'll, I've been messing around in LR/PS trying to get this effect going. You'd see it a lot in Jeff Newsom's ( www.voltronofawesomene​ss.com ) or hugh forte's work ( http://hughforte.com/b​log/ ) It's not totally hazy, a little flat. It just gives a real sexy look to the images. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Seriously, I think the first link has shots using a Lensbaby. When trees equidistant from the camera show one in focus and the other not, there is a lot of either fake blur being added/Lensbaby/TS. On second look, he is adding selective blurring in post.

As far as exposure, both seem to like to slightly overexpose images.

The blur is a tilt shift lens, i was interested more in the PP

Just looks like they've dropped the contrast way down, to me; maybe some slight desaturation

The blur is one thing, but I think what your possibly liking is that #1 it's great photography, but #2 - they both seem to have that "washed out look" alot of people are doing now. Although in your links both of them photographers are useing it a very little bit, not overly done. You can find an action here although in the example image they are a bit overdone.

> http://waterspirirtjes​s.deviantart.com …tion-Washed-out-114233686

Another thing you can do is the old retro action here >

http://waterspirirtjes​s.deviantart.com …ld-Retro-Action-111571044

Or last but not least, do it yourself by slightly desaturating your image via a layer, then duplicate your original backround layer, fill with white, and lower the opacity down to above 5 or 10 or around there somewhere. Have fun!

Ya, I know how to do retro, and I know they amazing technically excellent photographer. not totally what I was looking for though. I also know that they do that In LR

Which images are you specifically interested in, they both have quite a few photographs out there and they dont all look the same. But the hazy ones, that I think you maybe mean, look the way they do because they are shot into the sun and/or have sun's flare on the lens.

It looks like you are interested in trying to emulate the tonal qualities of, heaven forbid, film. THere are several different tools out there that emulate or apply the tonal response curves of various film stock. Give that a shot.

Kirk

Three keys to this type of image:

1. Split toning. You need to warm the highlights and add some blue to the shadows. Don't overdo it.
2. Lower contrast by moving the black point up into the greys. Again, don't overdo it.
3. Add grain to taste.

Obviously there is more to it than just this, but this approach will get you in the ballpark. What you're really looking to create is a very film-like atmosphere (there are a few presets in AlienSkin Exposure 3 that get close, too). Sergio Mottola does this look better than anyone, IMHO.

If you look at Hugo or Sergio's work, also note that they often use very shallow DoF, even when 'traditional' thinking would dictate larger DoF.

My take on the style:

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