smcaleer Loc: Dearborn Heights, Michigan

I know even less about film than digital. I have the negatives from my wedding. I think the photog used a filter that gives pictures the appearance of candlelight glow. It gives a yellow cast to the photos. Is there anyway to make prints of those negatives without that yellow glow printing? (ie in digital pp changing the white balance could help)

Danilo Loc: Las Vegas

Hi Sue! He probably did not use a filter to get that yellow cast. He probably used a "Daylight" balanced film which renders candlelight and incandescent light an orange/yellow.
You can try to correct this in Photoshop, but will most likely not get the results you desire.
Solution: Try to like the photos the way they are. Back in the day it was all the rage!
Great post! :thumbup: :thumbup:

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

You can have the images scanned and color corrected but to do this right is an expensive process. You cant have this done by your local K Mart it needs a custom lab to do this. If you are not willing to spend quite a lot of money to do it right then dont bother because not every lab can and will do a good job. You need a high end custom lab and they are not cheap.

Musket Loc: ArtBallin'

Scan them from a local shop and adjust them yourself. You could ask them to color correct for you. You will probably need to go to an actual print lab. Walgreens cannot/will not color correct.

smcaleer Loc: Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Thank you. I've never printed up any of them because I didn't like what the proofs look like. There are a few pictures I like because they don't have the yellow glow. However, I've never taken the negatives to a lab for printing.

smcaleer Loc: Dearborn Heights, Michigan

I have the proofs and negatives, but I've never had prints made. Mainly because I don't like the coloring on most of them, but also because I wasn't sure where to have them printed. K Mart, Wallgreens, CVS, etc., they are not equipped to print from these negatives. They are individual negatives.

Thank you for your reply.

smcaleer Loc: Dearborn Heights, Michigan

I will try scanning. I'd really like to have some prints made and I know I need a print lab for that.

todd gieg

Make them black and white. You may love them.

djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now

Like this answer. :thumbup: :thumbup: DJT

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

A good pro lab will be able to color correct them to some degree. I remember the 80s, and getting requests to have that "candlelight glow" look. Just like you can't cut the big hair off the bridesmaids, it was the look of the day.

PhotoArtsLA Loc: Boynton Beach

The best way is to scan the negative(s) and color correct the scan, which is actually a piece of cake for those skilled at such things. Most custom labs, IF they have a film scanner, should be able to do the work.

If YOU wanted to do the work, get a scanner, like the Epson 750 series, NOT cheaper ones, and Photoshop. In the later editions of Photoshop, there are "lens filters" which include a blue, cooling filter which will take the yellow out of the images.

Smart scanning software, with a good scanner, may also be able to help out at the "raw" scanning stage.

There are also some other "restoration software" programs which might have all the features you need.

The trick is, getting a decent scan of the negative, for which there are some dedicated film scanners, but the Epson 750 series stands out for both negative and print scanning.

Serious digital photo labs might even have a drum scanner, or psuedo drum scanner, like the Flextight, which costs like a new compact car.

The beauty of the Epson 750 series is that you can also scan glass plate negatives from the distant past.

Now all that said, there is another way:

Search the Internet for the Opteka HD2 Slide Copier Adapter which has a version for most digital cameras. The key when using these things is to have even light of good color temperature. The sun is a good choice. Negatives need quite a bit of light to shoot.

Of course, you still need Photoshop or another program which can adjust the color.

photog601 Loc: New York, NY

Hi Sue,
I agree with what most people have said the negatives can be color corrected. I did lab work like that a zillion life times ago it is possible. I'd love to see what the negatives look like too bad you can't scan them and post them.

photog601 Loc: New York, NY

Hi Sue,
I agree with what most people have said the negatives can be color corrected. I did lab work like that a zillion life times ago it is possible. I'd love to see what the negatives look like too bad you can't scan them and post them.

twowindsbear

What size negatives are they?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Sue, not the same thing, but I've taken old yellow photos, shot them(copied) with my camera in RAW, and I can make then normal really easily in PP.
If you just scanned them, or had them scanned, I'm sure you could do the same thing in PP.
Once they're in a digital RAW file, you can do just about anything with them, including cloning, noise and WB.
Good luck. SS