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We’re Back!

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Wow I bet you never thought you’d see another IndiePhoto101 post again! Well, it’s true, we’ve been on a brief (four year) pause! HA! That’s an entire college career!

Luckily for you and all the would-be photographers in the world, IndiePhoto101 is coming back! We’ve got a boatload of new stuff to share with you including tips, tricks, lessons and the Weekly Wackness Experiments!

For those who have absolutely no clue who we are, let me (Jake aka The Founder) guide you through a bit of an intro.

IndiePhoto101 provides an online resource and news hub to photographers of all skill levels, from novice to advanced, to learn the basics, expand creativity, develop real projects to use in their portfolios and connect with other photographers around the world.

Yes… I did just copy-paste that from our Who We Are page but hey, it sums it up pretty good.

Before we get into the official release date and all that good stuff, let me introduce myself.

I’m Jake Zelinger, I was born in Orange County, CA and have traveled LIGHTLY since then. I received a Bachelors of Science degree from the infamous Art Institute of California – Los Angeles and since then have floated through almost every creative endeavor imaginable. (concert photography, filmmaking, music production, playing in a band, playwriting, acting, painting, etc etc)

IndiePhoto101 was one of those floating endeavors that didn’t go anywhere because I was far too distracted. Well, I’m much less distracted now and have a good feeling that revival of IndiePhoto101 will bring good things to not only myself but to others.

Personally, I want to drive away from product reviews, because there is a real tendency for those to become unbiased, but my colleagues are urging me; what do you think?

The official relaunch of IndiePhoto101 is still TBD, but we’ll be keeping everyone in the loop! ❤

 

Analog Alley: Cross-Processing and Double Exposures

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When Instagram took over, we all wanted our pictures retro. Some of us even found our “go to” filters, like X-Pro for example. We’re convinced that by adding these killer film filters over our flat iPhone pictures, people will think our lives are awesome. Well, what IS X-pro? What does that even mean?

WELL, X-pro is short for Cross-Processed which is a term that’s applied to slide film which is processed as regular film. See, slide film when processed as slide film (using E-6) it comes out transparent so one could project it with a slide projector. (retro, huh?) Well, you can process slide film as regular film (using c41 instead of E-6) and the product is quite interesting. Certain colors may pop, (magenta, blues, greens) and the contrast and saturation will be through the roof. These results are unpredictable and used to be held as an amateur photographer’s Happy Accident.

Here are some gnarly Cross Processed shots from one of our dedicated followers Jake Zelinger. You can find his IG prints online on InstaCanvas

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