I brought my 5D on my road trip from Seattle to Tahoe with every intention of using it a TON. However, I found myself using my iPhone a lot more! There are many great apps, including Camera +, which has a cross-processing option. I ended up using this for my assignment (I also shot with my Holga for this assignment but the film won’t be processed until next week).

For the cross-processing assignment I went for the bleach-bypass look. In the past I experimented with this technique using film and chemicals, so I tweaked a digital image to match those washed out midtones and golden highlight details.

Alberta Cross at Governors Island, NY

The cross processed assignment for TIAPB lined up just perfectly with a real life assignment for me. I was hired to do the photography for Megan Palmer’s new album Old 33. Megan is extremely talented and yay, the production work on the album just wrapped up! The package design, layout and cover illustration was done by the very talented Bill Gaines. To get a closer look at the album, please click here!

What I was going after with this project was more like “cross processed married the polaroid” look and the color palette and light were planned accordingly. It is such a joy to hold the CD in my hand folks and to see that the final output got printed and produced right. Below you will see a couple of the portraits and also an overview of how the album looks. Again, please do visit this link to get a proper look at it if you have a moment.

The first image was shot on expired Fujichrome Velvia slide film, and processed using C-41 chemicals. It was the last frame on my roll, so I put in some Kodak Portra negative film and shot the second picture. Cross Processing is pretty unpredictable, but it was fun comparing the differences.

I wanted to capture some of the carnival aspects of last weekend’s Sunset Junction festival for this assignment. The same digital cross processing technique was used for both of these shots so it’s interesting to see the different results.

Marcus, pictured above, was on the Fort Lauderdale Beach when I snapped this. It was hot and muggy back at the end of July.

This is an out-take from a shoot that I recently shot for fashion editorial in Malibu, the overcast day made for perfect light. I use a lot of filters when I shoot for different lighting / effects ect.everything on / in camera when I shoot.. The images in camera had a cross processed look….. I followed the steps online for creating a cross processed look in Photoshop for this shot, took me longer then I’d like to admit. I think I’ll stick to making it happen digitally on set in camera. But here it is! Enjoy!

Summer’s almost over

Not a traditional Cross-Process, but a close alternative process.

Pecho

Technique:  Cross Process + Skin tone neutralization.

Title: Cross-Processed

Assigner: Wesley Brown

Description: Your next assignment is “Cross Processed.” It can be analog or a digital interpretation. You should easily be able to do this with Lightroom or Alien Skin or other ways with some quick searching. Explore alternative processes and have fun but try to make cross processing an integral part of the image, rather than an afterthought.