Bluescale: Redscale's Cool Cousin

Redscale is what happens when you flip color negative film over so that the red-sensitive layer at the back of the film is now closest to the lens. Your images shift into deep red-yellow hues. Other surprising effects are also possible if you vary the ISO setting of your camera.

But what happens if you take the fantastic LomoChrome Turquoise film and flip that?

It turns out that LomoChrome Turquoise has a special blue-sensitive layer that is exposed nearest to the lens if you flip it over. This creates blue-cyan pictures very similar to redscale but with a totally different palette.

Materials

In order to create bluescale film, you will need:

• One roll of LomoChrome Turquoise 35mm film
• One empty 35mm cassette
• A place to go where it’s very dark

You can either get a reusable film cassette or a roll that has been developed but has a little tag of film left sticking out. Then you attach the end of the LomoChrome Turquoise to the empty roll. Make sure to do it back-to-front so that the bright yellow side will face away from the lens.

Once it’s attached, find a very dark room and begin to wind the film into the empty cassette. You don’t need to wind all of it; you may keep some portions of the original roll to use as normal LomoChrome Turquoise film if you so wish. Once you’ve transferred as much film as you want to use for bluescale, cut the film and fashion a leader section by trimming the end of the film so that you can load it into your camera.

The LomoChrome Turquoise is rated at ISO 100-400, but because you are shooting through the back of the film it’s best to over-expose by one stop, so I treat the bluescale version as ISO 50-200.

Here are some of the bluescale pictures that I took. In each sequence, the ISO setting on my camera was first 200, then 100, then 50, then 25. Which setting looks best? You decide!

Trial 1

Buildings appear to be in twilight when shot at ISO 100 or 200.

Trial 2

Metallic paint really gleams thanks to the cyan and white highlights.

Trial 3

Coastal and maritime scenes take after the blue of the ocean.

These are just a few examples of what is possible with bluescale photography using LomoChrome Turquoise film. Why not prepare a roll for your next photo trip and upload your own album of unique bluescale pictures?

Paul Taylor is a Lomographer based in the United Kingdom. Become a part of the Lomography Community by making your very own LomoHome

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