I ran across Stephen Eastwoods website today as I was looking for some ideas on cross processing images. If you are on Model Mayhem much, you’ll know Stephen is an active contributor in the forums.
Cross processing is the procedure of deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film. The effect was discovered independently by many different photographers often by mistake in the days of C-22 and E-4. Used often on Lomo images, it is also a way to create images that look faded, like an old color photo taken in the sixties. Below are 4 examples of cross processing, using the predefined curves files Stephen has created. His Photoshop action and curves files are great ways to create some variations of your photos. I can’t wait to try his Nikon D300 Interpolation action, allowing me to create wall size images without loss of detail.
The files are easy to use. Load an image in photoshop, choose Image>Adjustments>Curves and then hit the load button. Choose the file you want to use and the image will be changed. Of course, you should play with the settings for your own creation.
- Original Photo of Empire State Building in New York
Created using the crossprocess1.acv file
