How the color of Lomo photo looks so vivid?

[LENS]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lomokev/

Hi All, i paste the link here, this guy is taking most photos with his Lomo LCA i think. I believe those photos with obvious vignetting are taken with Lomo. Actually what makes the contrast of photos looks so vivid? is Lomo camera using special kind of film?

Any user has comments? Thank you.

[Cheesecake]

shoot on slides mostly.

some lomo-users i know will only use slides and cross process them to get really contrasty and wacky colours, not forgetting light leaks and streaks.

[LENS]

Originally Posted by Cheesecake shoot on slides mostly. some lomo-users i know will only use slides and cross process them to get really contrasty and wacky colours, not forgetting light leaks and streaks.

Hi Cheesecake, so if i shoot my olympus mju compact camera with slides..i can get these kind of contrasty? so LOMO camera doesn't have to use specified film or slide?

[Cheesecake]

Originally Posted by LENS Hi Cheesecake, so if i shoot my olympus mju compact camera with slides..i can get these kind of contrasty? so LOMO camera doesn't have to use specified film or slide?

hi lens,

think of Lomo cameras as a normal camera that can load different films and slides.

in my personal opinion, Lomo cameras produces wacky results from films and slides, not neccessarily contrasty or rich photos. sometimes the metering on these cameras are not accurate and thus, u'll get all sorts of results.

not forgetting that these cameras are basically toy cameras, thus there are bound to be light leaks on the camera body which would result in some weird and totally abstract effects on films or slides.

one factor to consider in ur quest to obtain more contrasty photos is the use of films or slides. different brands and makes tend to have very vast differences when compared against one brand to the next. maybe some people will prefer using FujiFilm, another might prefer Kodak. of course, different films and slides are used for different purposes. maybe some people love to use Provia for portraiture, some might prefer Velvia for landscapes... another might prefer using Kodak's equivalent...

u will have to experiment and see which one suits u more, in terms of colours and style, maybe?

not forgetting that lenses play a part in the colours u're goin to get, thus, i would say that it is quite a broad topic to cover on. perhaps u might be happier to scan the negatives or the positives and boost up the contrast by using softwares such as Photoshop, digitally.

cheers, have fun experimenting, not forgetting the $$!

[LENS]

ok thanks. i shoot with films only, but i can't really get that nice contrasty like i saw it on the link, which the guys have taken with a Lomo camera. That's why i am wondering.. and ask a question..

[Witness]

colours good...someone told me sth about using iso800 film under iso100 condititions to get this output... dunno if it works .. i dun own a lomo anyway

cheers,,

[LENS]

hello, just to up this topic for myself..ha

Anyone got the idea how the photos in that link looks so great in color contrast?

I doubt it has been digital post processing.. since a LOMO should be sth point and shoot.

Any LOMO user out there?

[pipefish]

Hi,

Cheesecake is right. Use slide film and cross process it for that kind of results. You can get that kind of results on any camera, not just a lomo. Type cross process in google and you'll get an idea of what you can achieve.

Of course, you can use a digicam and do the same thing in photoshop. You'll be able to find lots of tips on the internet on how to do this. Save you a lot of $$ as cross-processing adds quite a bit to your film development costs!

Alan

[Cheesecake]

Originally Posted by LENS hello, just to up this topic for myself..ha Anyone got the idea how the photos in that link looks so great in color contrast? I doubt it has been digital post processing.. since a LOMO should be sth point and shoot. Any LOMO user out there?

of course there are post processing done on any scanned images from negatives, slides or photographs.

that, u can't run away from.

[LENS]

Originally Posted by pipefish Hi, Cheesecake is right. Use slide film and cross process it for that kind of results. You can get that kind of results on any camera, not just a lomo. Type cross process in google and you'll get an idea of what you can achieve. Of course, you can use a digicam and do the same thing in photoshop. You'll be able to find lots of tips on the internet on how to do this. Save you a lot of $$ as cross-processing adds quite a bit to your film development costs! Alan

I guess cross-processing is using C-41 developing process on slide, right? mm.. ok, most of the LOMO photos i saw are with great color contrasty.. so there isn't any special with LOMO, the processing method makes the different?

[Cheesecake]

Originally Posted by LENS I guess cross-processing is using C-41 developing process on slide, right? mm.. ok, most of the LOMO photos i saw are with great color contrasty.. so there isn't any special with LOMO, the processing method makes the different?

if u consider lightleak and 'inaccurate' exposure as something special, then it is different.

perhaps cheapo plastic lens posing as glass lens etc. that might be different too.

lomography is about attitude towards photography in general. but only if u use lomo cameras then do u have that attitude.

[pipefish]

Originally Posted by LENS I guess cross-processing is using C-41 developing process on slide, right? mm.. ok, most of the LOMO photos i saw are with great color contrasty.. so there isn't any special with LOMO, the processing method makes the different?

Don't worry too much about equipment and processing methods. You can use a lomo to get lomo type results, and you can also process to get fine art type results from a toy camera. See this (most pics taken with a Holga):

http://www.carofano.com/Portfolio.as...66&parentseq=1

[bumortic]

welcome to the Holga user Group http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=141943

[Ah Pao]

I do believe that the kind of lens that the lomo camera uses play a part in achieve such saturated colours, although I'm not sure...

Anyway, the usage of the word "lomo" is shifting towards the type of photography (kind of a culture/art) rather than the camera itself.