Not sure if it is really valid anymore – cross processing in the darkroom was where you would deliberately process film in a chemical solution that was intended for a different type of film – resulting in some unique results.
Fortunately, these same kind of results can be obtained in Photoshop. Of course, as I’ve mentioned in some of my recent posts, I’ve been using PhotoTools 2.0 from onOne Software to play around with some photos. Really streamlines the work that I’d have to do in Photoshop to create something similar.
Tonight I was playing around with some cross processing styles and came up with this photo:
ISO 200, 1/200, f/4.5, 55mm – Nikon D300
Here is the image prior to cross processing:
This model is Shealyn – someone local to me that I hope I can work with all summer to try out some new techniques and just to stay sharp with extra shooting. She did a fantastic job on this shoot. I’m looking forward to working with her again.
Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend!
PJ
Nice treatment Patrick. I\'m not sure the "cross processing" idea is really meanful now either. Photoshop and the like have opened up so many possibilities and given us such fine control that image processing is now only limited by your imagination and the amount of time you\'re prepared to put into it. I think the history of photography can be thought of as 170 years of evolution followed by 10 years of revolution!
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