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A Cozy Autumn Session | Lubbock Engagement Photographer

Lubbock Engagement Photographer | Katie Rivera Photography

Location | Lubbock Arboretum

EngagementKatie RiveraNovember 4, 2015

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Emily's Garden Bridal Session | Lubbock Bridal Photographer

UncategorizedKatie RiveraNovember 15, 2015

Emily + Dylan's Fulford Barn Wedding | Lubbock Wedding Photographer

WeddingKatie RiveraOctober 29, 2015

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Boutique Private Photo Editor for Wedding Photographers \\ Editing by Katie Rivera

Adventure & Elopement Wedding Photographer \\ Katie Rivera Photography

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This is an imperfectly beautiful scan of a Portra 800 photo, pushed +1 stop, shot on a broken film spool that resulted film flatness during the last light of the day. But, what is it exactly about film that you love? As an editor that specializes in film emulation and matching, I often get messages from photographers that are eager to attain a more refined “film look”. My first question is always, what *is* it exactly that you love about film, and why? -

For me: film is true & honest, film is imperfect, film is fleeting light captured in a real and tangible form. The integrity & richness in tone depth and color stored in the grains of a scan can’t truly be matched digitally. It’s hard as en editor to admit that — although I’m really great at film emulation editing for my clients, sometimes the look of film can only be achieved through shooting film. -

Because shooting film is much more than the end result. When you shoot film frequently, the light you see changes, the way you take photos changes, the way you interact with your subjects changes; everything about the process of photography you learned digitally transforms into something else. The best advice I can give to someone that *really* wants to start shooting film is to go all in and do it with a hungry creative intention. -

I can do so many things to get your photos to look like film, but what it comes down to is the photographer’s creative intention and the film. Once the photographer has changed the way they see light for film, and once film has allowed them to shoot with more intention then it is effortless for them to attain the “film look” with solely digital photos — because the photographer’s creatives process transforms into something with a different understanding, respect, and vision of light.

Reconnecting with friends and family after the busy season makes me so grateful for having a seasonal business. There is a time for work and a time for slow. During the slow season I’ll be recharging, exploring, and venturing into new dreams & goals. Photographers, what do you do during the slower season?

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“I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.” —
Jeff Buckley
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Film Processing @photovisionprints
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I’ve been setting time aside out office hours to plan more personal shoots — since my primary work is no longer shooting weddings I finally have time to create images for myself. Just for the sake of creating. —
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