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• Scan-It-Yourself – Figthing against Dust

  
  Dust is your enemy. When you’re used to manually scan your film, you surely had experience about dust and I bet that you hate that marks that dust leave on your scanning. And it’s annoying when you have to re-scan a negative frame because of a dust particle…
  May 09, 2013 1 comment 8 likes

• ★ Alternative Developer: Red Wine

  
  Some of you have tested the development of Black and White Films with instant coffee, called Coffenol. Alternatively, you can also develop the film with red wine. This process is called "Winol".
  April 25, 2013 13 comments 43 likes

• Type On Negative

  
  Remember the old days and the analogue sound of typewriters? With this tipster you can take your old mechanical typewriter for a Lomographic revival. Use your old mechanical typewriter to intervene on your old films.
  April 23, 2013 12 comments 36 likes

• Film Lab Rat: Stimulated Film

  
  Fact: We consume caffeine every single day in one form or another. Most of us, if not all, are addicted to coffee and had made it a part of our morning ritual to drink a cup to keep us energized. This gave me an idea to try and use it to stimulate a normal film.
  April 23, 2013 8 likes

• Experiment N°2: Film Loves Coffee

  
  I kept on manipulating 35mm films. Read on after the jump to find out what I've made use of this time around.
  April 16, 2013 10 comments 47 likes

• ★ Redscale Roll Goes in with my Laundry!

  
  After shooting two layers on my roll of redscale, it stayed in my pocket accidentally and went through the wash along with all my clothes!
  March 14, 2013 10 comments 43 likes

• ★ Developing Film at Home - Alternative #1: Caffenol C

  
  Caffenol C is a very easy to use alternative technique to develop your films at home. According to my research online, this technique can be used for developing both black and white films and colored films but I have only seen the examples of black and white films. There are many different formulas for this technique but I will give you the recipe I found most useful by trying to find the right combination myself.
  February 21, 2013 1 comment 25 likes

• ★ Redscale Your Prints By Using Instant Coffee and Tea

  
  This is a very simple tutorial to make your Lomo prints looks like you shoot it with redscale film with just using coffee and some tea.
  December 17, 2012 7 comments 27 likes

• ★ Even Weirder Colours with Cross-Cross Processing!

  
  What do you get when you process negative film in black and white, then reprocess it as colour? You get even weirder colours than cross-processing alone can ever produce! Read the full tipster to find out how!
  December 03, 2012 3 comments 16 likes

• The Fun of 1 + 1 > 2

  
  I am hooked on taking multiple exposure photos! The first time I took part in a doubles project is when I accidentally discovered it on PTT's Lomo forum. It felt very fun and exciting because 2 complete strangers can complete the images together due to their love for photography.
  November 06, 2012 3 comments 15 likes

• Make Wet Red Bubbles Grow on your Home Processed Colour Film

  
  By spraying your film with water and exposing it briefly to the darkroom safelight, you can make all sorts and shapes of bubbles, drops and droplets shine on your home developed colour film. And that's not all - you never know what they will look like before scanning your film! See a new way to add an element of artistic surprise to your Lomographs.
  October 31, 2012 7 comments 29 likes

• Dry your Film in a Microwave.

  
  When you develop film, the longest part is to dry it, Why not put it in a microwave and do it in 2 minutes?
  October 25, 2012 9 comments 15 likes

• Din...the Film is Ready...the Return!

  
  I wanted to cook a film on the grill (as I often do), but that day, I forgot to turn off the oven and ...
  October 11, 2012 2 comments 6 likes

• (Horizon) Perfectly Lemonaded

  
  Hey kittens! Getting colder? Time to have some mulled wine but there is there still lemonade in granny's fridge? Drink it little by little or just leave it till the end of the week when the sun is bright like its summer again.
  October 08, 2012 13 comments 23 likes

• ★ Lost Memories

  
  Do all your film rolls have a happy ending? Did all your captures become an image?
  October 05, 2012 6 comments 10 likes

• Bulk Film Loading, or How To Roll Your Own Joint

  
  In hard economic times, using film can be expensive. Fortunately for people who love black and white photography, there is an answer!
  September 25, 2012 3 comments 12 likes

• I'm Not Yet Tired

  
  I don't want to insist, but the destruction is addictive. If you want to know how I destroyed a reel almost completely, continue reading.
  September 07, 2012 1 comment 17 likes

• ★ US CitySlicker sixsixty's Ultimate Lomography DIY: Develop Your Own Film: Part 1

  
  Come with us on a journey through space and time to partake in the ultimate DIY adventure: developing your own film. In part 1 we will cover C-41 color negative and the lomo fan favorite: cross processing.
  August 23, 2012 40 comments 93 likes

• ★ Color into Black and White: A Different X-Pro

  
  A mistake at the developers leads to a different type of X-Pro. Read about this happy accident after the jump!
  August 02, 2012 12 comments 15 likes

• ★ Destroying Film to Play with Color

  
  I have recently completed my first film destroy mission and have been amazed at the beautiful warped colours it has produced! The best way to play with colours is to use the unexpected. So why not add a bit of excitement to your pictures and take a risk? Read on to find our more about my film destroyer which produced psychedelic results!
  July 23, 2012 21 comments 109 likes