What is a photo aesthetic?

It's the overall look and feeling of your photos: the colours, the light, the grain and the mood. Two photos of the same moment can feel completely different in black-and-white booth film and in a soft, glowing pastel.

How does the aesthetic quiz work?

Answer six quick questions about your style and taste. Each answer points to one of five aesthetics, and the one you pick most is your result, with the film looks and AI looks that match it.

How do I get my aesthetic on my photos?

Use a filter or film look that matches it. The free date stamp tool and online photo booth have a few film looks, and the Flashbae app for iPhone has 33 booth films plus AI looks that re-shoot a selfie in a whole new light.

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What's your photo aesthetic? Quiz

The five photo aesthetics

🎞️ Classic Booth

Timeless and a little mysterious. You like silvery black and white, deep blacks and grain: the strip from a coin-op booth that looks just as good in fifty years.

Think: black and white, grain, old Hollywood, vintage photo strips. Films: Photobooth, 1930s Booth, B&W, Sepia, Booth Sepia, Tintype, Noir Flash, Silver.

📸 Digicam Flash

The life of the party. Direct flash, bright faces, crisp edges and a date stamp in the corner: a 2000s point-and-shoot at 1 a.m.

Think: Y2K, digicam, disposable camera, night out. Films: Flash Glow, CCD Cam, Instax, Y2K Digicam, Disposable.

🌅 Golden Film

Nostalgic and sun-soaked. Golden tones, faded blacks, light leaks and dust, like a roll of film found in a drawer from a summer you'll never forget.

Think: golden hour, 35mm film, vintage, summer. Films: Light Leak, Polaroid, Faded 70s, Dusty 90s, Expired Film, Kodachrome, Portra 400, Gold 200, Honey, Cherry Cola.

🌸 Soft Dreamy

Romantic and gentle. Glow, haze and pastel colour: your photos look like a memory, or the cover of a love song.

Think: soft glow, pastel, coquette, romantic. Films: Dreamy, Pink Haze, Rosé, Tumblr 2014.

🌃 Cool Cinematic

Moody and effortless. Cooler tones, punchy contrast and the red glow of cinema film: every photo looks like a still from a film.

Think: cinematic, moody, city at night, film still. Films: 800T, Superia, Cine, Polar, Bleach, Lomo.

See every film in the film looks, or put your aesthetic on a strip with the free online photo booth.

What's your photo aesthetic?

Pick a Friday night.