Can this tint / grain effect be reproduced - Anton Corbjin

net1994

I got hooked into photography a while back, probably because of Anton Corbjin, the dutch photographer. He has done many pictures of U2, other artists and album covers. He does not take pictures, but he turns moods into images.

One of his unique traits is how his photos are finished. They have dark shadows, sometimes grainy; often tinted a blue or brown hue. So, I want to reproduce this blue color, and grainy texture. The below are a few examples of his work:

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687406-M.jpg

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687370-M.jpg

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687444-M.jpg




Anyone know how to reproduce this effect in Photoshop or a filter to put on camera? Anyone try? I tried tinting a photo and adding some grain and it just isn't working.

If you have an idea, let me know. Thanks

chrisjlee

I have a couple ideas. I'll assume you have some idea how to use photoshop. These might work. I don't know if you've tried these methods already.

First idea.
1. Try sampling that color from that photo with the eyedropper.
2. Add an adjustment layer color/hue layer.
3. Under that menu there should be a colorize button.
4. Make a new layer
5. In the new layer menu -> change blending mode to overlay
6. Check fill in with 50% gray
7. Add noise (filter -> noise -> add noise )
8. Click monochromatic and move the slider left and right to taste. (bam! like emeril would say).


Once you get this perfected. Make yourself an action.

Oh yeah check out Dgrin tutorials. They pretty much have a tutorial up there about what I just made up (doh!)
how to make your photo look like tri-x: http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1077071
Tutorial page: http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1100284

pathfinder

net1994 wrote:

I got hooked into photography a while back, probably because of Anton Corbjin, the dutch photographer. He has done many pictures of U2, other artists and album covers. He does not take pictures, but he turns moods into images.

One of his unique traits is how his photos are finished. They have dark shadows, sometimes grainy; often tinted a blue or brown hue. So, I want to reproduce this blue color, and grainy texture. The below are a few examples of his work:

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687406-M.jpg

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687370-M.jpg

http://net1994.smugmug.com/photos/146687444-M.jpg




Anyone know how to reproduce this effect in Photoshop or a filter to put on camera? Anyone try? I tried tinting a photo and adding some grain and it just isn't working.

If you have an idea, let me know. Thanks

These are not color photos - these are B&W duotones that have had grain added.

I would try using Greg Gorman's B&W conversion technique, and where you multiply blend at the end of his steps, use the blue tone for filling the blank layer for blending.

You can see Gorman's technique here - http://www.gormanphotography.com/bw_conversion.pdf


Here is a thread aboout B&W conversion using Gorman's technique - http://dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=4192&highlight=Gorman

Once you have a nice B&W duotone, I think adding the grain will give you what you are looking for.