To truly capture vintage portrait photos you must start with using a vintage film camera. When equipt with the right portrait lens, this will help you to pull off the vintage look. Film cameras and vintage optics have a very specia… See more

Typically, the best film cameras to use for vintage portraits would be a SLR cameras; 35mm or a medium format. Depending on your needs a range finders and point-and-shoot film cameras such as the Yashica T4 could be us… See more

One of the best and most popular 35mm film stocksfor film photography is the Kodak Porta Color Negative film. This classic color film is best known for its pleasing skin tones, high saturation, low contrast and fine grain. The f… See more

Typically speaking, the best lenses for vintage portraits are vintage prime lenses. Prime lenses use less glass in their construction compared to zoom lenses. This allows them to have wider aperture that allow f… See more

I’ve put together a gallery of vintage portrait images as examples for inspiration to get you started on your first vintage portrait photography adventure. Hope these help get you started! See more