A Guide to Lomography's Color-Shifting Film Stocks: Lomography Redscale

Known for its distinct red, yellow, and orange hues, the Lomography Redscale is a go-to for many film photographers who want an out-of-this-world, extreme color-shift look.

In the third edition of color-shifting film guide, we're talking about Lomography Redscale, Lomography's twist on one of the most curious and fun film experiments that makes analogue photography such a unique medium.

Background

In simple terms, redscaling is the method of exposing the opposite or "wrong" side of photographic film, leading light to reach the red-sensitive layer of the film first. Multi-layer film emulsions have three layers (red, green, and blue), of which red happens to be the most dominant, causing the redscale effect and giving photos intense red, orange and yellow hues.

Redscale remains one of the most fascinating experimental processes that can be done on film, with its stunning, intense results enchanting many to try it out. The Lomography Redscale was born out of the desire to make redscale photography more convenient to film shooters.

Lomography Redscale Color Guide

One of the elements that makes Lomography Redscale fun to shoot is the varying ISOs that affect the outcome of an image. As can be seen in the film stock's Film Guide, shooting the Lomography Redscale in varying ISO yields different results, with the higher ISO resulting in brighter reds and a more prominent redscale effect.

These examples from our community members showcase the fierce beauty of this film stock, giving each photo its own character.

The Lomography Redscale is available in formats 120, 110 and 35 mm. In the Lomography online magazine, we've seen how our creative community members have experimented with this film stock, from creating the ominous to pushing abstract limits.

Do you have any tips for shooting with Lomography Redscale film? Tell us in the comment section below!

written by sylvann on 2024-12-24 #gear #tutorials #lomography-redscale #redscaling #color-shifting-film