Color Photography Techniques

[erickm]

hi Everyone.
This is my first time posting here. This a great site... lots of info.
Here's the deal, I've been using black and white film for a few years and just recently started to experiment with color.
I really like it, but I can't seem to get the results I want.
This is basically what I'm looking for:

how can I achieve these tones? Is it a specific type of film? is it an exposure technique? or a filter? is this done during printing? is it voodoo?


Thanks so much for your help!

 

[erickm]

another example:

 

[Digital Matt]

Certainly you can achieve a vast amount of color balances while printing with the RA-4 process, but I suspect this is digital, whether scanned film, or direct digital.

 

[Flash Harry]

The first one looks like cross processing to me but similar effects can be done in photoshop. H

 

[jemmy]

The first one looks like cross processing to me but similar effects can be done in photoshop... thats what i thought... so harry, wanna share your tips for crossprocessing in photoshop?? have really been looking for more info on exactly this... x jem x

 

[Digital Matt]

Here is a simple cross process action I made in photoshop cs2. It's just a simple curves adjustment layer. You can double click it and see what is going on.

http://www.anti-rejection.com/images/tpf/Cross Process.atn