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A Film Fanatic Is Keeping It Real- Keith DeCristo’s Analog To AI Workflow.
“In a dark room, the flatbed glows gently between the lid and glass.
And when the scan begins, it’s not just movement—it’s performance.
The light glides under the negative, casting animated shadows across the walls and ceiling like some kind of analog puppet show.
You watch it pass under faces—old, familiar, forgotten—and they don’t look like portraits.
They look like apparitions.”
Where film meets Firefly—one photographer reclaims 20 years of analog and turns it into a post-human memory machine.
A Film Fanatic is Keeping it Real | fckinphotoblg
Nostalgia won’t lie.
Dust on lens, truth in the grain.
I shoot what I feel.
Nikon F2 Nikkor 105mm f2.0 | Kodak Ektachrome
Natasha Komis – Alleyway Attitude | Mamiya RB67, Fujichrome Provia
Ellen – Nikon F2, Nikkor 105mm f2 | Kodak Ekachrome
Kirsten – Skater Girlz Editorial | Mamiya RB67 90mm SEKOR | KODAK Tri-X 400
Test Environment
This isn’t a workflow.
It’s a resurrection bench.
A kit built for coaxing memory back through voltage and dust.
• Epson V600 Photo + transparency adapter
• Datacolor Spyder for full-screen color fidelity
• Dual BenQ 32” production monitors, because one is never enough
• Panasonic BT-18U for checking stills with cinematic eyes
• Horseman 7x magnifying loupe, for inspecting the damage up close
• Rinn X-Ray viewing station (vintage, retrofitted with 5500K “movietones”)
• Staticmaster brush to chase the ghosts of lint and time
Onwards, To the second pass:
• SilverFast 8 for raw scanning control
• Adobe Photoshop with Firefly layered in for AI-augmented resurrection
• Luminar 4, because sometimes you want a mood the others can’t give you
Natasha & “Boris” – The Kiss | Nikon F2, Nikkor 50mm f1.9 | Fujifilm Superia 400
Scanned ghosts whisper soft—
the machine paints over them,
dreams in pixel breath.
Sarafina – Blonde Bombshell on White | Mamiya RB67 | Fujichrome Provia
Natasha & Boris – Iconic Editorial Scene | Nikon F2 Nikkor 90mm f2 | Fujifilm Superia
Laurissa – Teased hair, emerald pencil skirt | Mamiya RB67 | KODAK E100
Perfect’s a rumor.
Give me scratches, light leaks, truth—
unedited breath.
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