General editing techniques
- Turn up highlights and shadows, while lowering overall exposure
- Turn down clarity and texture for that dreamy effect
- Add grain
- Avoid pure white and pure black
iPhone Specific Tips
- Use 2x zoom
- Shoot slightly underexposed
- Add a photographic style: amber, tone 6, color 20, palette 100
- Use a third party app which removes Apple's over-sharpening
My flow
- Optional: Use a film-style filter in Liit app for example. Justin⤴ inspired me to use this app
- Balance the contrast and exposure for your specific picture
- Turn up the highlights, and also the shadows a little bit
- HSL: Shift the blues toward cyan. Shift red hue towards orange.
- Up the vibrance & saturation
- Up the temperature for more warmth, and decrease the tint to get more of a green cast
- Add blur, use de-focus, or reduce clarity
- Add grain, preferably no noise but a proper film grain overlay
- Add glow
- Optional: a bit more sharpening to bring back some detail