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May 2010

Ghetto Scan Those 35mm Negatives with A Window!

So here’s what you’ll need:

  1. 35mm Negatives
  2.  Some tape
  3.  A digital camera
  4. A computer w/ photoshop or a similar editing program

All you do is tape the negatives to the window. Make sure your window is facing light, obviously this won’t work too well on dark days. You’ll notice that because it’s not completely white outside (as in there is buildings or grass or whatever is outside that the light won’t be entirely consistent through the negatives). This creates some weird effects. So move them around a bit and see what happens!

Then all you do is aim your digital camera at the negatives and focus them. I recommend manually focusing if your camera can or if you’re using a point and shoot set it to macro mode. 

Then bring the photos into photoshop (or similar program) and INVERT them. We gotta make those negatives positive! You should end up with some pretty funky colors. If you want you could tweak the colors to balance them out or leave them as is. Either way you’re going to get some funky results.

VERY INTERESTING. I got this article from the lomography website. Check the source link out for some neat examples of this scanning technique. 

source: http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2009/09/24/ghetto-scan-those-35mm-negatives-with-a-window

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Cross processing

Cross processing (sometimes abbreviated to Xpro) 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. The process is seen most often in fashion advertising and band photography, and in more recent years has become associated with the Lo-fi photography movement.

Cross processing usually involves one of the two following methods:

  • Processing positive color reversal film in C-41 chemicals, resulting in a negative image on a colorless base
  • Processing negative color print film in E-6 chemicals, resulting in a positive image but with the orange base of a normally processed color negative
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Photography Reading List

istillshootfilm:

A lot of people ask me, “Where’s a good place to start” with film photography, which is a really broad question. Personally, my first experience was in the class I took when I was 10 years old, so I started off having a teacher explaining things to me… and continued that for many many years… I would recommend taking a class first and foremost, but I get that a lot of people can’t afford darkroom expenses, in which case I recommend reading. Lots of reading. In fact, I’ll give you a portion of what was my required reading list in the BFA Photography program at the School of Visual Arts:

  • Black and White Photography by Henry Horenstein
  • Color Photography: A Working Manual by Henry Horenstein
  • Beyond Basic Photography: A Technical Manual by Henry Horenstein
  • The Camera by Ansel Adams
  • The Negative by Ansel Adams
  • The Print by Ansel Adams
  • A World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum
  • The History of Photography by Beaumont Newhall
  • Coming into Focus: A Step by Step Guide to Alternative Photographic Printing Processes by John Barnier
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