Basically, it’s shooting a slide film, but processing it as if it was print film. The result is an artificially saturated colour; the effect is pretty striking and I’ve seen it occasionally in magazines, on music album covers and in wedding portrait portfolios.
If anyone has experience of cross-processing, what technical issues (if any) are there? How much do you use it (as a percentage of all photos taken) and what do you think of it – gimmicky? trendy? Also, do you feel that it suits a particular subject matter (e.g. portrait, landscape, etc.)?
Apologies for not having an example to link to (I tend to minimise browsing whilst at work).
Oooh! I remember one subject it worked great on. Everybody raved about this set of photos. The Saturn VI at NASA in Clear Lake City (before it became an amusement park, I went all the time)
That subject just about begged for cross processing.
Given the antiquated nature of my home pc, I might find it quicker to shoot b&w, then hand-tint, rather than try and use software to manipulate images… :o
I was contemplating doing some landscapes - seems like a fun way to experiment.