Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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After being asked recently how to emulate the “nostalgic” film look it sent me down a rabbit hole of exploration into both how to achieve this popular social media look but also why it has become so popular and what’s driving the popularity given that most cameras now are capable of shooting much cleaner and clinical looking images. Hope you enjoy my thoughts.

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