A few months ago, Urban Outfitters had a bunch of Lomography film on sale for half price. I’d never tried any of their films before, since it’s not really any cheaper than the more “serious” brands of film that I normally use. Or even any cheaper than the less serious ones I use. But when I saw all that film that UO had on clearance, I decided now was as good a time as any to give Lomography film* a try. I grabbed a few packs of their 100 ASA color negative film because it was too cheap to pass up. Also too cheap to pass up was some of their Xpro Chrome 100, which is slide film that they mean for you to “cross process” (or x-pro.) That means you take film that would normally be processed in chemicals specific to its type and process it in chemicals meant for a different type of film. Most of the time, cross-processing is referring to taking slide (positive) film that would normally be processed in E-6 chemicals, and processing it in regular color (negative) film C-41 chemicals**. Depending on the slide film, it can give you crazy color shifts or color casts, or high contrast and super saturation (click here to see a bunch of my cross-processed stuff from over the years to see what I mean.)
(Is that whole paragraph much technical information to follow?? I know a lot of you have seen an Xpro fiilter on Instagram!! Maybe it gives you a frame of reference??)
What could this Lomography Xpro Chrome 100 do for me though? I loaded a roll of it into my Ricoh FF-1, and I found out what it could do! I didn’t have anything specific in mind that I wanted to shoot with the Xpro 100; I just carried my FF-1 around and pulled it out when I saw something I liked.
A beauty shop in my town, that I love to photograph
Mustang
Discarded shop sign
“Please, no pictures”
Ghostly niece and dogs
Lunch on the Memphis Pizza Cafe patio
Inexplicable double exposure of my friend during a Midtown photo shoot
One of my favorite post offices
Boat shop drive-by
Cracker Barrel rockers
Niece’s new neon kicks
Waffle House dinner after a photo shoot with my niece
Ricoh FF-1 • Lomography Xpro Chrome 100 • cross-processed
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Conclusion?
I really loved the results – the photos were contrasty, but not over the top with color shifts. Just enough to look a little different than the norm. Now I’m kicking myself for not picking up more than one pack of it when I had the chance to get it for 50% off! Maybe I’ll find a good deal on some again soon!
Wedding cake & cupcakes: Lady Bugg Bakery • Groom’s cake: pecan pie from Muddy’s Bake Shop
A quote from Emily “Our ceremony stand featured photos of all of our grandparents who couldn’t be with us in person, but they certainly were in spirit” 
I loved the wallpaper in this section of the house, and the pretty lavendar and green accents around the windows. This was the stairway leading upstairs, where Emily was getting ready for the ceremony
Getting help from her sister Jaime
Getting some love from her sister Amy
Emily’s headband was BEAUTIFUL – a laurel leaf design, I believe
Here comes the bride! Escorted by her mom and dad.
Sooooooooo excited!!!
Super stoked to be pronounced “man and wife”
“You may kiss the bride!”
A celebratory recessional 
Stealing their first moment alone as husband and wife
For me, this gentleman stole the show: Ethan’s grandfather, Gus. He was amazing! 
The precious Olivia, Ethan’s niece. She was hilarious! 
Requisite: cutting the cake photo
Soooooo cute!!!
The Bell sisters were having a BALL together
Ethan’s side of the fam!
This is Emily with their friend Kimberly, who was the mischievous one who suggested we climb up to the railroad tracks for a few photos
Family portrait: Mr. and Mrs. Ashby and their dogs Murray and Penny ♥