how to get vivid colors ?

[delinkx]

hello friends,

i am new to lomo.. i had a first set of shoots. but i dont seem to get that vivid color saturation which i find in other pictures. What is the tweek here ? the film or the film washing ?

i get low saturation/contrast kind of pics. i want to achieve these kind of colors:

 

[Splutter]

These shots are cross-processed, more commonly known as xpro.

There are 2 ways to achieve this.

1. Shoot on slides (E6) and develop them as negatives (C41 process)

2. Shoot on negatives (C41) and develop them as slides (E6)

Method #1 would be the more common option. You can just bring the exposed film to shops and tell them to cross process it. Please note that not many shops are willing to handle it this way though.

Popular slides you may like to consider are Fuji Sensia, Fuji Provia, Fuji Velvia. In case you buy the wrong film, just make sure it cost suspiciously expensive and you know it's correct :bsmilie: Typical slides cost about 2x - 3x the price of normal negatives.

Hope this helps! Anything else, there's always google

 

[Stock Photos]

I'm pretty sure you can create the same effect using a graphic editor as well, but if its for a lot of photos you are better with the previously suggested route.

 

[hellodano]

Adding on to what the others have said, shooting in bright (sun)light really helps.

 

[Nikkornos]

Underexpose 1/3 stop for slide film.
Use circular polarizer if possible.

Overexpose 1/3 stop for film.
Use intensifier or 81A warm up as standard practice.