Within my personal project I aim to recreate older images, the sepia effect can cause an image to look aged therefore I think this will be a useful effect to use within my images when restaging them.

Origin of sepia photography

The sepia toning process was first developed in the 19th century as a way to improve the durability of photographic prints. At the time, photographic prints were highly susceptible to fading and deterioration, which made it difficult to produce images that would stand the test of time.

My sepia images:

To create this warm orange tone (sepia) I adjusted the tone curve and experimented to see which would result in this tone.

After I found settings which worked I decided to create my own preset named ‘sepia’ so that I am easily able to apply it to my other images rather than going through the same process again.