Lomo Turquoise in Los Angeles

I took Lomo Turquoise to the brightest city I know, Los Angeles. I think the only way these Lomo novelty films look decent is if you blast them with light. I shot the film at box speed in the middle of the day and 1/250 just to really let the film work its magic.

It is so much easier to get the light shifts when there is a ton of light.

It looks terrible in low light.

You really have to give this film as much light as possible. The biggest problem with this film is that when it hits, it looks really, really good. Here are my favorite shots of LA on Lomochrome Turquoise:

Lomochrome Turquoise, Alien Maker

I don’t know if there is every a perfect time to use Lomochrome Turquoise since it is a film that takes a blue sky and renders is orange. The reality of Lomochrome Turquoise is that it renders just about everythingng either orange or a queasy blueish green. It is a really hard film to use on an afternoon stroll of taking candid pics of the family,

However, I thought that the local alien festival might be the perfect opportunity because some of the major drawbacks of Lomochrome Turqiuse became an advantage for me. I took it to the McMinnville alien festival in Oregon to see how it would render all of us Earthlings. I’m not going to lie, I kind of liked the results.

I think the only way to get good results with Lomo Turquoise is to blast it with as much light as possible. I shot this roll of film at 400 ISO and kept my aperture at f11. This film eats up as much light as you throw at it. It doesn’t even seem like you can overexpose it.

Swamp Bender, McMinnville Oregon, 2023

Everyone came in costume.

Lomochrome Purple

I still have no idea how to shoot Lomochrome Purple. I loaded my Rollieflex with a 120 roll of the stuff and went out to the cherry blossoms in 2020. I was excited for the color shifts that I have seen other people get with Lomochrome Purple. It was a tricky day to shoot film as it was over cast and when the sun did come out it was harsh and fell away quickly.

I really wanted that purple so I rated the film at 100 Iso and shot my first roll.

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