26 Cross-processing
Super-saturated color
Hot Air Balloon
The darkened edges in this image are due to an effect called lens vignetting The increased contrast you get with cross-processing strengthens this effect.
Kevin Meredith
The Idea
Cross-processing, or xpro for short, is a great way of giving photos taken on a film camera more impact. You shoot film as you normally would, then you get it processed in chemicals intended for another film type, You can shoot negative film and get it processed as slide film and vice versa. I cross-process slide film to give my images a super-saturated high-contrast look. This effect can make the most mundane images really interesting.
The Ingredients
- ▶ Film camera
- ▶ Film
The Process
Cross-processing, as the ...
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