A quick question about film...

[cuthbert]

does anybody know if the effect you get when the film has been incorrectly exposed to light has a proper name?

if you don't know what i mean, it was something which i've seen used in fashion photos from the 1970s, kind of a orange fade/tinted desaturation on the photograph, almost a cross processing effect.

the main photo on this page: http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/magnificently-muted-styles is the sort of thing i'm looking for, but perhaps not the best example.

the reason i'm asking i that i want to develop some PS actions for applying this effect but i'd like to be able to see some examples so i can get it looking as authentic as possible.

Any ideas?

 

[AJQS]

It's a light leak, and I have an excellent example, hang on whilst I hunt it out...

 

[AJQS]

Was being distracted whilst changing film and opened the door without rewinding. Thankfullynot much damage, I kinda like the look of this. Light has piped down the red channel and screwed it up as well as some major bleeding around the sprocket holes.

 

[cuthbert]

Alan - thank you very much!

i love the colours and look of film, the effect above is nice too.

Thanks again!

 

[cuthbert]

In my search for information about this phenomena i stumbled across this:

http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-downloads/stock-graphics/lomo-light-leaks.html

a zip file full of light leak overlays you can apply to your shots, some work better than others and i suppose the end result will depend on the colours in the original, but here is the result of 5 minutes playing around:

all i did was blended the light leak image (screen) and curve adjustment layer to boost contrast - i think the end result is pretty neat.

 

[On the Huh]

I remember having a film processed at Boots years back and they put a reject sticker on every single photo because of a light leak.

 

[arclight]

I recall the term "fogging" being used.

 

[spudey]

For completeness here, Solarisation is also an effect caused by exposure to light in the development stage but I'm not sure that's what you're after.