One of my favorite unique and idiosyncratic film emulsions to shoot is Lomography Purple. This is a 100-400 speed film type with a unique color palette that leans toward purple in the green/yellow/orange areas, and toward cyan in the blue and purple areas. That said, results are often unpredictable, which lends itself toward a certain serendipity when you finally see the scans and prints.
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| White River Falls isn't much of a waterfall at the height of summer. |
Last summer, I shot a roll of Lomo Purple around Eastern Oregon, as far west as Rowena Crest and as far east as The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City. And a few points in between.
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| That's an abandoned hydroelectric facility down there, unused since about 1960. |
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| The view out my back window during summer. |
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| Rowena curves. Part of the old Columbia River Highway. |
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| Looking east from Rowena Crest. |
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| Looking across the river toward Lyle, Washington. |
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| Dry Canyon Creek Bridge on the old Columbia River Highway. |
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| Another view of the Rowena Curves |
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| A covered wagon at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. I don't remember the exact color of the gravel just underneath the wagon, but it turned purple on this film. |
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| My wife and grandson on the Oregon Trail. Yes, those are real ruts from 160 years ago. |
I've also got some prints that I'll scan and share at some point.
Lomo Purple - this batch, anyway - has been sold out for some months, but as of this writing (Jan 2019) they have allowed some pre-orders for the next one. It's supposed to be out in April. I've got my pre-order in for 5 35mm rolls, and I might try to swap somebody for a couple of 120 rolls.
