This was a fun challenge for me to do because I didn’t actually have to go and take any pictures, I could rummage through old unedited pictures and do something creative with them!

The technique I learned this week in my 52-week photography challenge is known as “cross-processing”. According to Wikipedia: “it is the deliberate processing of photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film.”

Traditionally used with film, many photographers can achieve a very similar look using manipulation of contrast/brightness, hue/saturation and curves in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop.

Here are some examples of what this technique looks like when applied:

I decided to use some pictures from the summer of the first time Josh and I went sailing. It was Canada Day, and a good friend of ours asked us if we would like to take a rip in is sailboat around the Bedford Basin and watch fireworks from his boat. Um, heck yes we do!!

I was pretty disappointed to see the pictures from day. They were just so darn flat and boring!

Not anymore 🙂

By using the “Tone Curve” and “Split Toning” features in Lightroom, these images were really able to POP!

What a fun day that was! Now I can look back and think fondly of the beauty I got to experience 🙂