how to achieve this type of colouring?

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Hi guys, I have started spending more time on film work now (may call it a step backward, but I do prefer it to digital!), and was just wondering if anybody can advise what steps, tricks, procedures, etc. are used to achieve the colouring style in the example linked pics below.
Expired film? Coloured filter? Cross processing? etc...

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each time I see a pic with this distinctive type of colouring, I just start to drool. In Photoshop for digi files, then hey, piece of cake! :bang: Any advice greatly appreciated, thanks.
 
I dunno what those are really.
Traditionally cross processing is done by processing slide film in colour neg chemistry (c41), you could also do it the other way round, colour neg film in slide film chemistry (E6) but it isn't as common.
I dunno, the first one doesn't look like slide in c41 really, maybe its colour neg in E6, it is kinda orangey, I dunno..
The second one looks like what it is, Fuji Astia slide with maybe the colours flattened a bit digitally..


step backward...:thinking:....forward more like...:)
 
I agree with Joxby difficult to work out exactly, but here is my guess

The first one looks like it was daylight film shot inside at an evening do and the light source was tungsten??. I don't think is is a "cross processed" as it lacks the strange colour shift you can get with that.

The second one as Joxby said is using Fuji Astia film, seen a lots of images on that film and they all have that pale washed out look or maybe it is "high key" type effect.

~Thinks might have to get a role and try it out~
 
The first image looks like it was just normal daylight film with a slow shutter speed which the photographer actually states in a post of being 1/15th, the colour cast has been caused by this. Looks slight green/yellow so a mixture of artificial light perhaps tungsten and a little florescent somewhere.
 
The second one doesn't look to have anything done to it. Astia is noted for its muted tones. I really like it for fashion/portrait type stuff.
 
Second definitely just looks like Astia doing it's stuff. First as said by most of the above, daylight balanced film, slow shutter speed and tungsten lighting would be my best guess.
 
thanks guys, all very helpful. Can't wait to give Astia a go then.
 
It'll help you to know what Astia is supposed to look like, I shot a roll not long ago and my scanner really buggered the colours up, and then I buggered them up even more trying to get them back...:bonk:
 
Another big fan of the second. :)

Thanks for posting it, I really, really need to go and do some stuff like this, I'm just to flipping busy to get round to shooting my own stuff right now which is a very happy problem to have :)
 
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