Since I've become well adept at photo-manipulation using photoshop and digital photography, I have found myself using my 35mm camera very infrequently these days. Rather than sell my 35 mm camera, I've decided to start experimenting with multiple exposures and cross processing. I'm fairly comfortable with multiple exposures, but I'm not too familiar with the ins and outs of cross processing. So, if any of you out there have some experience with this technique and are willing to share some tips and tricks or even point me towards some resources where I can read up on this topic on my own, that would be great. Thanks a lot!

I must admit that I am unsure of what cross processing is....it sounds familiar but perhaps I know it by another term.

Hi Rich,

You might want to take a look at Adobe Photoshop for Photographers, by Martin Evening. He has a brief section on cross-processing that explains the analog process and provides a way to simulate the effect using curves in Photoshop.

Mike
www.independentcolor.com

Hey Mike, thanx for the info. I always enjoy hangin' out at bookstores browsing through art and design books so I'll make sure and check that book out next time I go.

Dolphin, Cross processing is a pretty simple technique. All you do is if you shoot slide film, ask the photo lab to process the slides as if they were color neg film, or if you shoot color neg film then ask for it to be processed as if they were slides. Since your using the wrong chemicals for processing, the colors go out of whack and can produce some pretty weird and interesting results.

had a roll of this stuff done up recently, some turn out good, some don't. just make sure you take them to a professional lab.

http://www.lom.f2o.org/scanner/x-pross1.jpg

That looks really cool, Matt. Well worth some more experimentation, but a super start. I particularly like the hoop.

Nice stuff, I really like the angle and the coloration on the first street shot. Thanks a lot for posting some examples.

no problem. and thanks for the comments. the film's a bit expensive, and the way to get your colors good is to push your f-stops (they're usually printed on the inside of the box for the film). It's certainly a fun way to try something new yet get more comfortable with your camera. Next time I think i'll try some people, those will turn out interesting :)