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Cross Processing Tips and SuggestionsToday
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It’s no secret… I love film photography. But if there’s one thing I love more than film, it’s cross processed film. There’s something so intriguing about it — adding a touch of unpredictable to the imperfect nature of film. Many photographers tend to either hate it or love it. Some love it so much that they attempt to recreate the look with Photoshop.

I’ve had this article on the half-finished backburner for a while. I figure we’ll take a slight detour from the photo backup series and get this one out there. One reader recently commented on another cross processing article, asking some questions about it. So I’m guessing that at least one person will find some of this useful.

Here are some tips for choosing films to cross process, exposing the film, getting it developed, and color correcting it. So grab a cheap film camera start cross processing!

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PhotoDump 10-12-2008October 12

More great stuff this week from the Epic Edits Flickr Pool! We’ve officially passed the 10,000 photo mark in the pool! That’s a whole lot of photos.

On A Little Island by From 10 to 300mmSiera and Annay as Freya and Kuja by neilcreekbeauty. by life0graphy™

Link Roundup 10-11-2008October 11
  • A Primer In Selling Your Art At Festivals
    digital Photography School
    Selling photos in art festivals can be one of the most effective ways to sell prints. Here are some before, during, and after tips for dealing with these events.
  • John Chiara with a Huge Camera
    YouTube
    I love film photography, but this is just nuts! Though you have to admit that crawling inside your camera to load the film is kinda cool.





Chase Jarvis Offers His First Photo BookOctober 9

I won’t lie… I love Chase Jarvis. His work, both professional and artistic, is absolutely amazing. This man has a gift for photography and his vision is inspiring. I’m so excited that he’s offering up his very first photo book.

CHASE JARVIS BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
BUY THE STEVENS PASS BOOK (SIGNED COPY)

The book, Stevens Pass, is a limited edition coffee table photo book (only 2500 copies) filled with 112 pages of imagery from Stevens Pass, Washington. And if the video below is any indication of what’s to be found inside the book, I’m willing to bet that it won’t disappoint. And get this… if you buy the book direct from his site, he’ll sign it for ya! I was sold within 30 seconds of reading his announcement — $35 is so dang cheap for a photo book like this!

Having grown up in North Idaho on the slopes of mountains such as Schweitzer Mountain, this book really hits a note with me. Which reminds me… I gotta book those plane tickets to North Idaho for the holidays — I’m definitely going to do some skiing this winter.

And Chase — you rock dude! You’ve got to hit Schweitzer one of these winters — the best spot in the Northwest and an awesome view of the lake!


Photo Backup: Working DrivesOctober 8

Working Drive Comparison Chart

A good photo backup strategy starts with your working hard drive(s) — that place you use to access and work on your photos. If you don’t have a clean system for keeping your original copies, your photo backups are going to be a nightmare — especially if you’ve got stuff strewn between several computers and various external hard drives (you know who you are).

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There are several basic options for working drives, and they all have their pros and cons. You may not be ready to completely change your game plan right now, but this could be something to think about the next time you upgrade your computer (or run out of disk space).

MAIN INTERNAL DRIVE

a disk