Aerochrome on the Plains
Faux Aerochrome That Is
This is the third post from my recent trip to North Dakota, and in this edition, I’m featuring faux Aerochrome photos.
The majority of the photos taken on this trip were with my Fujifilm X-T5, using an assortment of lenses—some wackier than others. I bought my first Fujifilm camera about two years ago because I was intrigued by the film simulations and wanted to try a camera that produced JPEGs I was happy with.
I’ve been trying to move away from creating rigid rules for my photography. I don’t worry much about whether things accurately represent reality or if they have the “correct” look. If I’m having fun, I’m happy. For some reason, however, I convinced myself that I needed an IR-converted camera to do anything resembling infrared photography, even though I was already using other film simulations with my camera.
That hesitance faded recently when I finally tried out the Aerochrome simulation on some photos I took during a work trip. You can read about it here:
As for the subject matter, there’s something about the expanse of North Dakota that feels almost alien to me, so I think Aerochrome works well. And of course, I played with the color, so nothing is probably very accurate, but I had a great time. Thanks for looking!
“Landslide” by Low is my soundtrack to these photos.
These are cool images!! I love the colors. The compositions are excellent.
In art, rules are meant to be broken! We create through free play and experimentation.
Great photos. I'm also an advocate for creating images that resembles my reality, rather than 'the' reality.