How to Edit Film Scans in Lightroom (and Why Less Is Almost Always More)

How to Edit Film Scans in Lightroom (and Why Less Is Almost Always More)

Film photography has been sneaking back into my life lately, and honestly, I wasn’t prepared for the editing side of it. I assumed shooting film meant skipping the computer entirely. Wasn’t that the whole point? Then I started getting my scans back from the lab and realized: flat profiles are the default for a reason. The lab is giving you latitude, not a finished image. You still have to show up in Lightroom.