I just found your channel. I have been searching for starting film photography. 66 years old, and it's back to the future for me. Thanks for sharing your experience getting started in film photography. Honest and informative!!
Hey! A key memory of this was when I got my friend - who was a photography teacher for years in the US - to roast my book for two hours. Being able to go into that with humility meant I got the most from that situation, rather than just being upset by it. Other ways are asking for feedback from Reddit or other people that do similar work to you. Friends and family tend to be the worst because they don’t wanna hurt your feelings
Criticism is one thing I struggle with, not because I can't handle it but because I DON'T GET ANY. I've been doing photography for almost 6 years now and have 2 Instagram pages and a Facebook page and I get hardly any comments except from family and friends. I have only gotten feedback from fellow photographers a few times in my life. When I occasionally do paid work I always get positive feedback, but that doesn't really mean a thing to me as the general public has no idea what a good photograph is. I have no idea if my photography sucks or not because nobody will tell me.
Go join a camera club and you’ll get loads of help if you want it. Most clubs not only have competitions where you get an experienced judge telling you the things that and those that don’t, you will also have opportunities for members to critique your work. Just remember if you can’t stand the heat keep out of kitchen 😉
One thing I always wondered and never actually tested myself. When you shoot through a window of a moving car/traing on slow shutter speed, do you pan camera with the distant trees/houses/subject?
I just held them in place. The motion is different by different distances. So whatever’s closest shots the most movement. If you imagine in an extreme way, an airplane travelling at 700mph seems slow because it’s so far away, despite how fast it’s travelling you wouldn’t capture the motion blur unless you were shooting in seconds. If a person ran right in front of you at 15mphh and you shot them at 1/30s then you’d capture their motion blur
Everyone has a camera. You have to set yourself apart from the masses. Ask yourself if you would put your pictures up on the wall. If you can answer yes, then take the picture. I was an army photographer. And Spent a good majority of my time in the darkroom. Not only making my prints but those of the others I worked with. And half of photography is in the darkroom. A good darkroom technician can make or break your photos. We had to make the prints perfect as they were going to be published. We didn’t have Photoshop or Lightroom at the time. Computers were still new and rudimentary using floppy disks. It was done with an enlarger and the skills of the person making the print. Yes, I agree you have to fail. You will take more bad pictures than good ones. Especially with film. We made contact sheets. And we would only make a few pictures from those contact sheets. A two star general told me that I took too many pictures. Only take the good ones. He was right I did take a lot of pictures. But, it’s how I worked. The scene the subject the light can be fleeting and you have just seconds to get the shot. Many times I used an auto-winder and go through a roll in seconds. Other times I could set up the shot to my liking. It depends on your assignment, and any other factors that can influence the results. But you have to have an eye for it. I used to work at a one hour photo lab. And the one thing I noticed is that the same things get photographed over and over again. And the majority aren’t that good. But they are people’s memories and that’s the most important thing for them. But the serious photographers didn’t always have good shots either. The thing is good photographers only show their best work. I don’t show my worst work. Now a lot of photography is subjective, but there are technical aspects of photography that makes a great picture. But above all it has to be interesting, different. Learn the rules and techniques and master them, then you can break them to create something special.
No, we don't have to spend 7 years.... we need to go back to decent processing of film, prints that are light through negative, onto paper. I shot hundreds of rolls of film. If I got a roll back with four really bad shots I was mad at my self. NOW... I'm lucky to get a roll back with five or six decent shots. I don't think I've forgotten how to run a camera... scanning is just crap.
Nice video and sample fotos. But for the love silver halide, get a microphone stand or boom arm. They're not meant to hold in your hand like an ice cream cone. There's handling noise and it's very distracting to look at.
I just found your channel. I have been searching for starting film photography. 66 years old, and it's back to the future for me. Thanks for sharing your experience getting started in film photography. Honest and informative!!
I love that Chuck, I’m glad you’re enjoying film photography 🔥
Thank you a lot. Couldn't agree more. Pretty much the same learning and takeaways here.
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Thanks for the video! Having picked up my first camera (the Canon AE1-Program) last week, these tips were perfectly timed for me. Subscribed!
Great stuff! Stick around, there’s a lot more to come 🌞
Great video. Thank you
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Very nice. Nice editing, great voice. Nice pictures.
Thank you for sharing Max...🙂
Thanks for watching 😎
thank you for the video. How did you expose yourself to criticism/feedback?
Hey! A key memory of this was when I got my friend - who was a photography teacher for years in the US - to roast my book for two hours.
Being able to go into that with humility meant I got the most from that situation, rather than just being upset by it.
Other ways are asking for feedback from Reddit or other people that do similar work to you. Friends and family tend to be the worst because they don’t wanna hurt your feelings
Been shooting for 3 years now, really great video!! :)
Criticism is one thing I struggle with, not because I can't handle it but because I DON'T GET ANY. I've been doing photography for almost 6 years now and have 2 Instagram pages and a Facebook page and I get hardly any comments except from family and friends. I have only gotten feedback from fellow photographers a few times in my life. When I occasionally do paid work I always get positive feedback, but that doesn't really mean a thing to me as the general public has no idea what a good photograph is. I have no idea if my photography sucks or not because nobody will tell me.
Go join a camera club and you’ll get loads of help if you want it. Most clubs not only have competitions where you get an experienced judge telling you the things that and those that don’t, you will also have opportunities for members to critique your work. Just remember if you can’t stand the heat keep out of kitchen 😉
Great video! Thanks for the tips and info!
Thanks 🙏
After 5 years of experience in film photography I can agree on all points🤝🏼
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One thing I always wondered and never actually tested myself. When you shoot through a window of a moving car/traing on slow shutter speed, do you pan camera with the distant trees/houses/subject?
I just held them in place. The motion is different by different distances. So whatever’s closest shots the most movement. If you imagine in an extreme way, an airplane travelling at 700mph seems slow because it’s so far away, despite how fast it’s travelling you wouldn’t capture the motion blur unless you were shooting in seconds. If a person ran right in front of you at 15mphh and you shot them at 1/30s then you’d capture their motion blur
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Dope vid bro
Thanks a lot Jeff 😎
Everyone has a camera. You have to set yourself apart from the masses. Ask yourself if you would put your pictures up on the wall. If you can answer yes, then take the picture.
I was an army photographer. And Spent a good majority of my time in the darkroom. Not only making my prints but those of the others I worked with. And half of photography is in the darkroom. A good darkroom technician can make or break your photos. We had to make the prints perfect as they were going to be published. We didn’t have Photoshop or Lightroom at the time. Computers were still new and rudimentary using floppy disks. It was done with an enlarger and the skills of the person making the print.
Yes, I agree you have to fail. You will take more bad pictures than good ones. Especially with film. We made contact sheets. And we would only make a few pictures from those contact sheets.
A two star general told me that I took too many pictures. Only take the good ones. He was right I did take a lot of pictures. But, it’s how I worked. The scene the subject the light can be fleeting and you have just seconds to get the shot. Many times I used an auto-winder and go through a roll in seconds. Other times I could set up the shot to my liking. It depends on your assignment, and any other factors that can influence the results. But you have to have an eye for it.
I used to work at a one hour photo lab. And the one thing I noticed is that the same things get photographed over and over again. And the majority aren’t that good. But they are people’s memories and that’s the most important thing for them. But the serious photographers didn’t always have good shots either. The thing is good photographers only show their best work. I don’t show my worst work. Now a lot of photography is subjective, but there are technical aspects of photography that makes a great picture. But above all it has to be interesting, different. Learn the rules and techniques and master them, then you can break them to create something special.
No black and white film shooting?
Thanks for this video. What is your shitty Nikon?
“Is Nikon making subpar gear, even the cheapest ones? 😂”
Praha :)
No, we don't have to spend 7 years.... we need to go back to decent processing of film, prints that are light through negative, onto paper. I shot hundreds of rolls of film. If I got a roll back with four really bad shots I was mad at my self. NOW... I'm lucky to get a roll back with five or six decent shots. I don't think I've forgotten how to run a camera... scanning is just crap.
Since I started inverting manually, I have found it a lot easier to work with even really difficult exposures
Nice video and sample fotos. But for the love silver halide, get a microphone stand or boom arm. They're not meant to hold in your hand like an ice cream cone. There's handling noise and it's very distracting to look at.