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Andrew Hager's avatar

Love this one.

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THE ELLISON's avatar

WHAT CAN BE SAID IS THE PHOTOS LOOK WAY BETTER ON THE SUBSTACK APP, REGARDLESS OF THE FILTERS, THAN READING FROM THE EMAILED POST. COULD LEAD TO MORE QUESTIONS ❓

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Katie Rodgers's avatar

This was really interesting!

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edwardrow's avatar

halfway through I was about to message/respond/ whatever and tell you that the filters were the thing you wanted from the camera in terms of a marker of an era, and then you arrived there yourself, so I didn't have to message - but I wanted it to be known that I thought that and the world is meaningless, so, nice post

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Tom Pendergast's avatar

For my tastes, the crops do more to enhance than the filters. But I’ve never cared for filters much.

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Rob Stephenson's avatar

Those filters are so dated! But the pictures are timeless.

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Emari Traffie's avatar

The quality drop-off is wild. Fun and thought provoking read. I LOVE being able to see the originals of those crunchy ig burnt posts.

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Tim McFarlane Studio's avatar

I avoided those filters as much as possible. I was more into just using edits to slightly adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, etc... When I did use the occasional filter, I usually dialed it down a bit to keep more of the original image's integrity intact.

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Juliette's avatar

Agree 100%. I looked back this week and found all the iPhone 6 images I took with filters. It was a rite of passage. A brief one.

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Diana Pappas's avatar

Sounds like a dream job however I'd have lost my mind over the cropping and filters. But then again I also have control issues...

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Robert Machin's avatar

I don’t like overuse of filters or effects of any kind, though I’ll sometimes use some kind of effect then rein it right back in… just a little pinch of vintage, rather than a bucketload of retro, can be nice. Wildly over-processed skies and that thing with water motion are my particular bugbear…

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