Film photo editing guides
What separates a film frame from a phone frame, written out step by step. Every one of these is a job Philmm does in a single pass.

How to Make iPhone Photos Look Like Film
Four adjustments separate a film frame from a phone frame: tone curve, color drift, grain, and halation. How to apply all four to a photo you already took.

What Film Grain Does to a Photo
Film grain is texture, not noise. What it does to detail, gradients and skin, how much is too much, and why phone photos need it more than film ever did.

Disposable Camera Effect on iPhone Photos
The disposable look is flash and failure, not a filter. What creates it, how to shoot for it on a phone, and how to edit photos you already have into it.

Black and White Film Look: How to Edit It
Desaturating is not converting. How to control which colors become which grays, where to put the contrast, and how grain behaves in monochrome.