Digital photography made the world a happier place to live in. Today, almost everyone can take a photograph of precious moments, unlike before - if you have an SLR, you're someone big! Its easier and cheaper now. Before, you have to think of your film and the intricate process of developing your exposures. Making it digital, you now have unlimited film and you can even view your shots a few seconds after you take them. Enough of the film.
However, its pretty odd that before, people are trying to come up with picture closest to the real thing while right now, almost perfect photographs are altered to achieve effect similar to old, flawed photographs. This alterations are usually done in Photoshop. Take for example "Cross-Processing" - as defined by Wikipedia:
"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."
I wanted to dip my hands in it, so I tried it myself. And guess what, I turned an uninteresting shot into one cool photo! If you want to try it as well, check this tutorial by Photoshop Support.
This just proves that breaking rules doesn't really make bad things happen, it even brings out more interesting outcomes. Just one more photo with a twist of cross processing! Made a set in Flickr, do check it out.
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