Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Trying out the Redscale

I was browsing this particular group called Lomomanila in an online photo gallery called Flicker when I came across with a certain technique that I can actually do with my Diana F+ camera. I was pinned with the word Redscale and so I’ve done some research to know how the technique works and how to apply it.

(Here is the site that I came across with on how to do a home made redscale film http://fmphotocourses.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-to-make-redscale-film.html )

Well, redscale is just another technique were in the concept is to use the wrong side of the film in taking photographs. Not to be hard on oneself there are ready made redscale film available in the market but doing a home made one out of ordinary films adds excitement to the whole lomography experience.

While I was doing mine, I need to hide in the cabinet (since I don’t have a dark room) to insure that the yank films will never get exposed to any light. And with high hopes that the yank film which was loaded back to the other canister will also be as useful as the other film.

Then under the scourging heat of the sun here in Bahrain I snap some photos of summer bits from my Diana F+ with the own modified redscale film. The summer fun and the reddish looks of the output pictures seems to add flavor to the meaning of Bahrain in Summer eventually it also looks so vintage that you might wonder what era those photos are taken. Here are some of the pictures that I have taken: (best viewed when wearing some sunglasses, lol! )