How can I create a warm, reddish film-style look like Marcus Hyde's portraits?
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I’m trying to recreate a portrait look with warm orange/red tones and a film-like feel, similar to images by Marcus Hyde. Adjusting white balance, split toning, and similar sliders hasn’t gotten me close. Is this mainly caused by a specific film stock, by the way the photo is lit, or by post-processing? Can a DSLR image achieve this look, and what should I focus on?
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Blog: http://marcushydemedia.com/index2.html - Canon 5D II, sunlight and flash. He just takes the photo and that's how it comes out. He not into post processing it's natural. He has workshops and accepts questions if you want to contact him.
How it's Done Channel - "The Marcus Hyde Interview" (1 hr 3 min.)
I see no post processing.
If you have a photo that you want to copy the color scheme from you can try this:
"How To Replicate The Color Palette From Any Photo Or Famous Painting In Seconds In Photoshop" or "Matching Color Schemes Across Images in Adobe Photoshop CS4".
Doing it manually, also go to YouTube to get "Suggested Videos" on the right column.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHvfVc_8eMc
To grab a specific color and find out which paint chip matches it try the Valspar site.
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Based on the community answers, this look is not just a matter of pushing a few color sliders. It appears to come from a combination of:
- warm sunlight
- flash mixed with ambient light
- sometimes actual film capture
- light post-processing or color matching
One answer notes Marcus Hyde uses a Canon 5D II with sunlight and flash, and another says he also shoots 35mm and medium-format film. So the look may come from either digital or film, but lighting is a major part of it.
If your edits alone are not working, focus first on getting the image closer in-camera: shoot in warm natural light, add flash, and expose consistently. After that, use post-processing to fine-tune the palette rather than trying to create the entire effect from scratch.
If you have a reference image, color-matching tools in Photoshop can help you get closer to that exact tone. Film-emulation presets or apps can also help, but they work best when the original lighting already fits the style.
So: there probably isn’t one single film stock responsible for the look. It’s mostly lighting, with film or film-style grading used to enhance it.
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