Saturday Online: What Exactly IS Aged Film?

Are you kidding me?  Putting film in oak casks for 7 years to 'perfectly' age it?  Considering Age is usually bad for film unless it is stored properly;  Read More Here about Lomo's Aged Film Project.  As my husband said, it just seems silly.  And since I'm not a fan of cross processing, I'm not looking for a hybrid effect, which is what they are promoting.  But to each his own.

So here is my 'aged' image for you.  I 'found' a roll of film that I had exposed last summer, but never developed.  That's my idea of  'aging':

Had been photographing the garden and then forgot about it.

This also counts as Week 7 of my 52 Rolls Project.

52 Rolls Week 11: Film Delayed , But not denied!

Read more details HERE.  And below our Featured Photo for Week #11:

Why Cross Process?

I was first introduced to Cross Processing about three years ago. It is a technique popular with the Plastic Camera crowd, and for a complete explanation visit the Square Frog. His page is an excellent resource for all things film and plastic camera related.

Cross Processing (XPro) in simplest terms means processing your film in chemicals not normally used for that film type. Usually advocates of the method process C-41 as E-6 or vice versa. But you can also process any type of color film in B&W chemicals as shown above. This may be especially fun and interesting if you have some expired color film lying around. I had not thought to step this far outside of the box until one of the blogs that I follow, Ruthless Photography, demonstrated the possibilities.

On the advice of a friend I purchased some E-6 film that I truly hate after trying it! I've decided to salvage my investment by experimenting with various forms of cross processing; probably color to B&W.

Subject: Breckenridge, Colorado
Film: Fuji Astia 100 (the film I love to hate!)