Man these look cool! It reminded me that I shot a roll of Harman Phoenix on a vacation and completely forgot it was a Phoenix film. It is a half frame camera and after shot 40 I can’t keep track of what I took hahaha! I have a roll of Harman Red now I am excited to try it!
It is a fun film to try out! And yes I feel you on the half frame thing - it’s soooooo many shots you forget what’s on there so when you get it developed it’s so much fun to look through. I also have a roll of the new kentemere 200 film in my T4 but haven’t finished it yet.
These images look like they were taken on Mars! I definitely see that Dune sci-fi look like you mentioned as well. Definitely a cool look for very specific projects.
I really like your thought of buying this film as a way to support Harman. You're right we definitely need more C-41 film options. I'll pick up a couple of rolls to experiment with. I'm curious about how snowy scenes look on this stock.
Ohhh thank you! That’s really cool to hear. I do have a guide on my website for beginner film photographers and a video on my channel that recommends beginner film cameras too if that’s helpful.
This was my first time shooting it and it’s definitely a cool thing to try. Hope you get to shoot something cool if you try it and thank you for reading. I love substack and sharing on here.
Really love the spaceship houses. For someone who is not into landscapes you do them very well. Personally I love this kind of "could be a still from a movie" look.
Thanks Edward! I’m not a fan of landscapes either but I leant into my beautiful surroundings (I usually totally ignore them) becasue I was hoping redscale would give it an edge and it did! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend
While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Harmon putting out this film might just be them stretching their [color film] wings a bit. Any success they have in this space will hopefully encourage them to pivot to an affordable alternative.
I'm guessing this is Phoenix loaded backwards? Is the film yellow then purple when developed? Seems like a cool way to extend existing development into a new product. I've been enjoying using Substack to put context to my photos. Have a few posts up now and I'm happy with the resolution of the uploads along with the space to add context.
Yeah it seems that way - their words are “based on the phoenix emulsion” hopefully they use the money 💸 from this to put into more development of normal colour film because that’s what we need! Glad you are enjoying Substack it’s so much less chaotic here and I don’t feel like my brain is rotting like on IG! Thanks for reading
Harmon Phoenix, loaded backwards. I am pretty sure that is what it is. I highly doubt they would make a totally new emulsion just to load it in canisters backwards for redscale. I am not sure if I will want to shoot this film, I don't get the appeal. Maybe if I come across a certain subject matter that would make sense to use this sort of film. You can also get this affect with almost any color film, though it may not be as intense as Harmon Red. Just load a empty canister in the dark room from a roll of color film backwards, load it in your camera and go to town.
It is so intense hey! I just saw some other images from people too and it looks pretty cool if you Lena into that style. Hope you can try it out and have some fun with it!
I am not really one to play with experimental films but I can see how trying different stocks like this could lead to an opportunity on a future project where a certain brief might call for something extremely unique like this.
Like black and white film, this red scale tends to force you to lean into your compositions and playing with light and shadow...which I think you did beautifully in this series.
I think it's a brave decision to reverse a film to create a specialist product and spend money on new branding, packaging and marketing. But ultimately, this will have been a commercial decision by Harman and it is reassuring that they feel that they see success by increasing their range of colour film.
It would be interesting to understand how Harman see this success though. Break even? Take on Lomography at their own game? Or simply is it a loss leader to keep us talking about Harman and their journey into colour film (we're certainly doing that). I agree, I this isn't what we really want: I would like to see a fine grain ISO 100 film and choices all the way up to a fast ISO 800 film, but if the Harman Reds of this world are part of the twists and turns of reaching that goal, I am all in.
I have a roll in my camera bag, and it's on my list to shoot next - I am feeling quite inspired by your shots of the beach - although I don't think the east coast of England is going to be quite as inviting at this time of the year!
I went straight to Blade Runner 2049 when thinking about shooting some of this. London Cityscapes project on redscale?
That sounds epic! London cityscapes would be perfect 🌆 👌🏻
Man these look cool! It reminded me that I shot a roll of Harman Phoenix on a vacation and completely forgot it was a Phoenix film. It is a half frame camera and after shot 40 I can’t keep track of what I took hahaha! I have a roll of Harman Red now I am excited to try it!
It is a fun film to try out! And yes I feel you on the half frame thing - it’s soooooo many shots you forget what’s on there so when you get it developed it’s so much fun to look through. I also have a roll of the new kentemere 200 film in my T4 but haven’t finished it yet.
Wow first time hearing about this. Definitely going to try go get my hands on some of this 🤩
These images look like they were taken on Mars! I definitely see that Dune sci-fi look like you mentioned as well. Definitely a cool look for very specific projects.
I really like your thought of buying this film as a way to support Harman. You're right we definitely need more C-41 film options. I'll pick up a couple of rolls to experiment with. I'm curious about how snowy scenes look on this stock.
Yes they have mars vibes for sure! It’s pretty wild how it can make our world look and I imagine snow will look epic!
It’s a fun one to try but yes hoping the funds from this go into something more needed. Thanks for reading lovely 🥰
Very cool pictures! I like the vibe!!
Thanks so much Fred! It was fun to shoot a roll of it and get some wild photos like these. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for reading
I love these photos! You really make me want to try a film camera 🫣
Ohhh thank you! That’s really cool to hear. I do have a guide on my website for beginner film photographers and a video on my channel that recommends beginner film cameras too if that’s helpful.
I'll definitely check out the video, thanks!
I've really been wanting to try out a redscale film. Now may be the time! Great post, Lucy. Love seeing your work on here.
This was my first time shooting it and it’s definitely a cool thing to try. Hope you get to shoot something cool if you try it and thank you for reading. I love substack and sharing on here.
Thank you. No doubt I’ll post up on here my thoughts too. Have a lovely weekend!
I think I need to spend some time with film again. Back to basics
Really love the spaceship houses. For someone who is not into landscapes you do them very well. Personally I love this kind of "could be a still from a movie" look.
Thanks Edward! I’m not a fan of landscapes either but I leant into my beautiful surroundings (I usually totally ignore them) becasue I was hoping redscale would give it an edge and it did! Thanks for reading and have a great weekend
While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, Harmon putting out this film might just be them stretching their [color film] wings a bit. Any success they have in this space will hopefully encourage them to pivot to an affordable alternative.
I'm guessing this is Phoenix loaded backwards? Is the film yellow then purple when developed? Seems like a cool way to extend existing development into a new product. I've been enjoying using Substack to put context to my photos. Have a few posts up now and I'm happy with the resolution of the uploads along with the space to add context.
Yeah it seems that way - their words are “based on the phoenix emulsion” hopefully they use the money 💸 from this to put into more development of normal colour film because that’s what we need! Glad you are enjoying Substack it’s so much less chaotic here and I don’t feel like my brain is rotting like on IG! Thanks for reading
Harmon Phoenix, loaded backwards. I am pretty sure that is what it is. I highly doubt they would make a totally new emulsion just to load it in canisters backwards for redscale. I am not sure if I will want to shoot this film, I don't get the appeal. Maybe if I come across a certain subject matter that would make sense to use this sort of film. You can also get this affect with almost any color film, though it may not be as intense as Harmon Red. Just load a empty canister in the dark room from a roll of color film backwards, load it in your camera and go to town.
Woooaaaahhhh I dig this!!
Thanks for your words and sharing 🫶
I love this look! It's so intense. I have never heard of red scale before either. Thanks for sharing !
It is so intense hey! I just saw some other images from people too and it looks pretty cool if you Lena into that style. Hope you can try it out and have some fun with it!
I should do a little write up on my roll of RED, and track down my manually red scaled film from ~12-18 years ago 😅
Holy hell that is some seriously intense RED!
I am not really one to play with experimental films but I can see how trying different stocks like this could lead to an opportunity on a future project where a certain brief might call for something extremely unique like this.
Like black and white film, this red scale tends to force you to lean into your compositions and playing with light and shadow...which I think you did beautifully in this series.
Awesome stuff Lucy!
I think it's a brave decision to reverse a film to create a specialist product and spend money on new branding, packaging and marketing. But ultimately, this will have been a commercial decision by Harman and it is reassuring that they feel that they see success by increasing their range of colour film.
It would be interesting to understand how Harman see this success though. Break even? Take on Lomography at their own game? Or simply is it a loss leader to keep us talking about Harman and their journey into colour film (we're certainly doing that). I agree, I this isn't what we really want: I would like to see a fine grain ISO 100 film and choices all the way up to a fast ISO 800 film, but if the Harman Reds of this world are part of the twists and turns of reaching that goal, I am all in.
I have a roll in my camera bag, and it's on my list to shoot next - I am feeling quite inspired by your shots of the beach - although I don't think the east coast of England is going to be quite as inviting at this time of the year!