Thanks Ted for coming to Flagstaff and taking the time to get to know Stephen, Matt, Kristen, and Taylor. As headlined they are one of the greatest labs in existence. Their patience and professionalism are what separates them from most establishments along with their willingness to break the rules. Traditional printing is the most complicated and difficult printing method, yet the laughter that takes place within the confines of HL makes it so enjoyable. This and the following two videos are perhaps some of YOUR best and most spontaneous work to date. Here`s to another successful year for AOP and your channel.
Great Video ! I wish I had such awesome foto lab nearby where I live. It is indeed very cool to follow the printing process (and ask questions and learn), way better than just put film or negatives in the post to send them to a lab. Love the channel!
Love the fact that they’re transparent about what they do and they’re happy to show you the process. Photography tends to be too secretive about the process these days and this was a breath of fresh air !
Totally the best video from I've seen on youtube about photography. Lots of photographers, like myself, never really got into taking pictures the old way. So this is really cool, informative and great to see a docu like this....you could make a whole series from this....thanks from Denmark, just wonderful !!
It has been almost forty years since I worked in a pro photo lab, but this video brought it all back like yesterday... These guys are really refreshing to watch at work, thanks Ted!
so awesome! i'm a student from switzerland and 4 years ago a i found a cheap slr on the street and since then analogue photography is one of my main focuses. i built my own darkroom in the basement, i tried middle format and recently bought a large format camera. a few weeks later a professional gave me her old sinar mono rail system. i wanna learn and experiment so much more but it's really hard to find knowledge. internet and books are my only resources. i really appreciate people like you keeping it alive and spreading so much knowledge. i wanna do the same because people i talk to always show so much enthusiasm for this craft. but on the other hand you see and hear about all the old darkrooms closing down. like every month i get answers like "a yes analog stuff yeah i dont know. there was something but they closed". i wanna build a place similar to hidden light to keep this craft, educate people, work toghether and push it further.
You cost me a lot of money! I've bought several cameras you discussed and I recently purchased the Wine Country Filter Adapter and filter set, including the polarizing filter. Love it!!! I've never done any paladium prints, but I've done a ton of silver gelatin prints over the past 50 years. Getting my darkroom back up and running again in my basement. I gutted it and have started over and will hopefully end up with a much better darkroom than I had before.
So great to see P & P printing, and such large prints. Yes, it is expensive but it's gorgeous. I did a series in 8x10 years ago and just loved the process.
Thanks Ted for another great video about what is probably the premier photo lab in the country! It is nice to see that hard work pays off. Happy Holidays to all!
Can't believe what I just saw! Great atmosphere in that fantastic place. I must go create images worthy of passing through your sinks. Would love to visit while having it done one day.
Really nice documentary sir !!! I love the fact people like u and all these nice people inside this studio ,love sharing their knowledge with younger people like me ,and so like this we can starting slowly slowly evolving what we have inside us ..Thank u sir!
Maybe it's just me but this is the sort of video that I start to watch, pause a few minutes in and then add to my watch later list, only because it's the sort of video that's enjoyable and one you can keep coming back to:)
Great Video your making me think about going back to film. My hasselblad 500 el has been sitting in it's case for 15 years, film here we come. Thanks again for all you do
, Hidden Light Labs is such a cool concept...Thanks so much for posting this Ted...I haven't been in a darkroom since my photo classes at UT-Dallas in the early '90's, and now have the urge to do so again...I love the way they allow their customers input and participation in the process...BTW, can one still do CibaChrome?...I haven't heard that process in many moons...Keep up the awesome videos.
Timothy Anderson cibachrome is all but extinct, since the materials are no longer made. I think there are a couple of people who bought a stockpile and are still making prints... maybe 2 or 3 of them.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video of the lab, and, most of all, the people who make the prints. Brings back old memories from my darkroom (which is gathering dust in my garage). Wish they were nearer, so I could visit and join them creating an image.
Wow, what a wonderful place with true expert people! For old school darkroom printers like me, the returning wave of interest for film photography and darkroom is a good opportunity to value analog practices and transmit our know-how to younger generations. Here, in France, trying to do the same (at my lower scale) as your friends in Flagstaff. Cheers from France, Jean
The Photography Lab series is my favourite bunch of videos to come out of your channel Ted. I would actually love to work at a place like this print lab.
This place looks friggin amazing. I love that anti-"hoard the secrets!" mentality!! AWESOME! If I ever decide to start messing with film, I'll drive up the hill from Phoenix and come see you guys!
I would love to know how they make those digital negatives… I do digital negatives by printing a digital file (black & white inverted) on some overhead plastic sheets and use them to contact print in my darkroom. But the resolution on those plastic sheets are not as great as real negatives...
I was fortunate enough to grow up with a darkroom that my father built onto the back of our garage, two B&W and one color enlarger, a freezer full of film and paper (pan-x and oriental seagull were my favorites) and cameras from 35mm Nikon SLRs to Rollies to Hasselblads and Toyo 4x5 and 8x10s.... My father was the big time landscape photographer and I was the budding musician who just popped off shots with my Nikkormat and printed stuff when I was home from college... I never really appreciated it much until digital came along, and I got back into photography with a vengeance. My father never got digital, computers were just to hard for him to understand in his 60s and 70s and eventually, in frustration, he gave up photography altogether. My father passed away a couple of years ago and I wish I had all of his gear, to start it all up again. I was convinced that film and print were long dead... but man its amazing that this still exists! I think that he would be blown away with how far things have come in just the last few years.
What a fantastic place, and one I'd love to visit .... or even work at. They are so dedicated to the art form that is photographic printing. Great video Ted ... as always.
Very interesting - I'd love to see how to produce a negative from a digital image... is it as simple as printing on a transparency/acetate page instead of photo paper?
Great video. That is my old stomping ground (Flagstaff AZ). I really need to go there and check the lab out. Maybe even buy a camera from them. I'm intrigued by the digital to film to print operation.
I hope they are not processing any color film in that Jobo. Having had one in a lab I owned for awhile, there is no process control and for color film you must know what your chemicals are doing. Black and White film is fine with it.
So Great. There are so few of these left. There are still a few in NYC. I do a similar thing but as a retoucher. I love working with a photographer to work on their images. Do you know what process they use to get digital to film? Is it an LVT?
Adventure Kilt how are you adjusting for the UV characteristics of the ink or pigment you're using? Was it just something you learned over time? Do you use any particular preset + ink combination you could share with us? (I know this would normally be a trade secret, but it's not exactly a competitive market right now - and us hobbyists would really appreciate it!!!)
We calibrate the negative curves through QTR specific to each process using a densitometer. Super nerdy stuff. Took us about 5 years to get it right, and then we still have to adjust it every time Ilford screws with the formula for their emulsion.
You might check out Piezography - they have some generic QTR profiles for use with their inks that will work for pt/pd printing, as well as others. PiezoDN is the system.
Thanks Ted for coming to Flagstaff and taking the time to get to know Stephen, Matt, Kristen, and Taylor. As headlined they are one of the greatest labs in existence. Their patience and professionalism are what separates them from most establishments along with their willingness to break the rules. Traditional printing is the most complicated and difficult printing method, yet the laughter that takes place within the confines of HL makes it so enjoyable. This and the following two videos are perhaps some of YOUR best and most spontaneous work to date. Here`s to another successful year for AOP and your channel.
Great Video ! I wish I had such awesome foto lab nearby where I live. It is indeed very cool to follow the printing process (and ask questions and learn), way better than just put film or negatives in the post to send them to a lab. Love the channel!
Love the fact that they’re transparent about what they do and they’re happy to show you the process. Photography tends to be too secretive about the process these days and this was a breath of fresh air !
Yep, I love EVERYTHING about this.
Totally the best video from I've seen on youtube about photography. Lots of photographers, like myself, never really got into taking pictures the old way. So this is really cool, informative and great to see a docu like this....you could make a whole series from this....thanks from Denmark, just wonderful !!
Wow, the beautiful quality of those prints were mind blowing.
It has been almost forty years since I worked in a pro photo lab, but this video brought it all back like yesterday... These guys are really refreshing to watch at work, thanks Ted!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
so awesome! i'm a student from switzerland and 4 years ago a i found a cheap slr on the street and since then analogue photography is one of my main focuses. i built my own darkroom in the basement, i tried middle format and recently bought a large format camera. a few weeks later a professional gave me her old sinar mono rail system. i wanna learn and experiment so much more but it's really hard to find knowledge. internet and books are my only resources. i really appreciate people like you keeping it alive and spreading so much knowledge. i wanna do the same because people i talk to always show so much enthusiasm for this craft. but on the other hand you see and hear about all the old darkrooms closing down. like every month i get answers like "a yes analog stuff yeah i dont know. there was something but they closed". i wanna build a place similar to hidden light to keep this craft, educate people, work toghether and push it further.
Ted, thanks for the video. I will for sure visit them soon. Honestly, I love how diverse and non predictable your content is.
Awesome as always Ted, fantastic to see how the guys at Hidden Light work.
So glad we all got together in Flagstaff. It's so nice to see work being produced that is truly hand made and worthy of being fine art.
So great to meet you, too! Looking forward to working on more of your images :-)
You cost me a lot of money! I've bought several cameras you discussed and I recently purchased the Wine Country Filter
Adapter and filter set, including the polarizing filter. Love it!!! I've never done any paladium prints, but I've done a ton of silver gelatin prints over the past 50 years. Getting my darkroom back up and running again in my basement. I gutted it and have started over and will hopefully end up with a much better darkroom than I had before.
So great to see P & P printing, and such large prints. Yes, it is expensive but it's gorgeous. I did a series in 8x10 years ago and just loved the process.
Talk about an inspiring space to see. Imagine working there!?
Hall's Emporium Yes I could!
Thanks Ted for another great video about what is probably the premier photo lab in the country! It is nice to see that hard work pays off. Happy Holidays to all!
Can't believe what I just saw! Great atmosphere in that fantastic place. I must go create images worthy of passing through your sinks. Would love to visit while having it done one day.
Really nice documentary sir !!! I love the fact people like u and all these nice people inside this studio ,love sharing their knowledge with younger people like me ,and so like this we can starting slowly slowly evolving what we have inside us ..Thank u sir!
Very cool! Nothing like seeing an image take life in the dark room. Brings back memories.
Maybe it's just me but this is the sort of video that I start to watch, pause a few minutes in and then add to my watch later list, only because it's the sort of video that's enjoyable and one you can keep coming back to:)
I really enjoyed watching this video. This is the coolest lab I've ever seen. Great team and wonderful working atmosphere. Thank you Ted for sharing.
Stinking cool Ted. Makes me want to return to film, particularly black and white. Thanks for the video.
My mother's cousin, Edward Bond, wrote "Blow Up" his father and my grandmother were brother and sister. Absolutely fascinating video.
Your podcast is the best man keep doing good work, thanks, man.
Great Video your making me think about going back to film.
My hasselblad 500 el has been sitting in it's case for 15 years, film here we come.
Thanks again for all you do
A really interesting video. Can you do few more like this...? Really informative. Best wishes, David in the UK.
What an amazing episode, Ted!! Thank you for sharing the experience with us!
Cool to see palladium print to come life, magic! Thanks for sharing!
, Hidden Light Labs is such a cool concept...Thanks so much for posting this Ted...I haven't been in a darkroom since my photo classes at UT-Dallas in the early '90's, and now have the urge to do so again...I love the way they allow their customers input and participation in the process...BTW, can one still do CibaChrome?...I haven't heard that process in many moons...Keep up the awesome videos.
Timothy Anderson cibachrome is all but extinct, since the materials are no longer made. I think there are a couple of people who bought a stockpile and are still making prints... maybe 2 or 3 of them.
Now this is something truly special. Great content Ted!
Thanks for all the great videos! Very educational and informative. Keep up the awesome work!
One of your best yet, Ted, and I've watched you for a while. I could have watched this for an hour :) cheers.
So Fantastic ! Thanks so much for thinking of others that love this process and want to see how the lab works these days.
Visited Hidden Light this past summer. Great place!
Really enjoyed this. As someone just getting into film development, I found it really interesting. Keep up the good work!
Thoroughly enjoyed this video of the lab, and, most of all, the people who make the prints. Brings back old memories from my darkroom (which is gathering dust in my garage). Wish they were nearer, so I could visit and join them creating an image.
What a grand place Ted, must be a honor being their customer!
Gotta be the coolest photo lab on the planet... Thanks for sharing.
Wow. Thank you for sharing this. Very awesome to see and awesome prints.
Wow, those are some magnificent prints! Thanks for the cool tour; it makes me want to pop a roll into my old AE-1.
Amazing, really!!! Thanks for showing the lab! And its wonderful 'pack'!
Wow, what a wonderful place with true expert people! For old school darkroom printers like me, the returning wave of interest for film photography and darkroom is a good opportunity to value analog practices and transmit our know-how to younger generations. Here, in France, trying to do the same (at my lower scale) as your friends in Flagstaff.
Cheers from France, Jean
The Photography Lab series is my favourite bunch of videos to come out of your channel Ted. I would actually love to work at a place like this print lab.
Great video. Nice to have a behind the scenes look
Great video! It is interesting to see how it all works. Great channel. Really inspiring. Greetings from germany.
Awesome episode! Really good to see high quality prints.
That....was.... awesome!!! Thanks Ted!
This place looks friggin amazing. I love that anti-"hoard the secrets!" mentality!! AWESOME! If I ever decide to start messing with film, I'll drive up the hill from Phoenix and come see you guys!
Very cool tour and behind the scenes! Thanks for sharing!
So cool Ted. Great to have a printer featured! Really gets me wanting to get in a darkroom again.
Fascinating insight into how the pros do it... thanks for showing it to us.
Great video, keep up the good work. I love the platinum/palladium prints !!
nice to see it's still alive! We've got nothing of the sorts here in Amsterdam.. :(
great video Ted. really good. That would be such a cool place to visit.
Do they allow visitors?
Awesome! Greetings from a small Photo Lab in Managua, Nicaragua.
I would love to know how they make those digital negatives…
I do digital negatives by printing a digital file (black & white inverted) on some overhead plastic sheets and use them to contact print in my darkroom. But the resolution on those plastic sheets are not as great as real negatives...
Nicholas Colding we are doing the same thing. Resolution comes from the HUGE files we get from our clients!
I was fortunate enough to grow up with a darkroom that my father built onto the back of our garage, two B&W and one color enlarger, a freezer full of film and paper (pan-x and oriental seagull were my favorites) and cameras from 35mm Nikon SLRs to Rollies to Hasselblads and Toyo 4x5 and 8x10s.... My father was the big time landscape photographer and I was the budding musician who just popped off shots with my Nikkormat and printed stuff when I was home from college... I never really appreciated it much until digital came along, and I got back into photography with a vengeance. My father never got digital, computers were just to hard for him to understand in his 60s and 70s and eventually, in frustration, he gave up photography altogether.
My father passed away a couple of years ago and I wish I had all of his gear, to start it all up again. I was convinced that film and print were long dead... but man its amazing that this still exists! I think that he would be blown away with how far things have come in just the last few years.
Very cool Lab. Thanks for sharing.
Was this shot on your RX100V, Ted? The AF seems to hunt so much.
What a fantastic place, and one I'd love to visit .... or even work at. They are so dedicated to the art form that is photographic printing. Great video Ted ... as always.
Awesome Ted. Thank You for sharing.
AWESOME to see the processes in the darkroom
Great video Ted thanks for Sharing. What a great company, now if I only had a shot worthy for them to print
Amazing! Thank you so much for showing this to us!
I think I need to plan a trip to Flagstaff. Wow.
Looks like a fantastic place, great to see it
This video gave me an idea for some pictures I took yesterday. Great video.
Fantastic!!!
I live in Phoenix. I could actually drive to this place. Wow!
Very interesting - I'd love to see how to produce a negative from a digital image... is it as simple as printing on a transparency/acetate page instead of photo paper?
And as if by magic, Ted uploads a new video answering my question!
That place looks so cool!
What an awesome place!
Really cool video. LOVE this side of photography.
Amazing place ! Wish every city had one.
LOVE IT. FANTASTIC VIDEO.
Neat! Do they do carbon transfer printing?
the best channel!!!!
Ok, this was cool. What a place!
What an eye opener.love it Thank you for sharing
Great Vlog! I enjoyed it!
Coming from the digital age this is a fantastic look into the “old” ways
Flagstaff in the house!
This was so cool!! Great Video!!
Awsome video Ted, if I have the oportunity I'll go around and check it out :)
A great video, it's not long enough. Can I buy one of those TLR shirts?
Dieter Leath PM me and I will hook you up!
Adventure Kilt sorry, just saw this. Is there a email address I can send my info?
Cheers
oh I love the One Step 2 Polaroid, I bought one as well
Great video. That is my old stomping ground (Flagstaff AZ). I really need to go there and check the lab out. Maybe even buy a camera from them. I'm intrigued by the digital to film to print operation.
I hope they are not processing any color film in that Jobo. Having had one in a lab I owned for awhile, there is no process control and for color film you must know what your chemicals are doing. Black and White film is fine with it.
Alectron Dorfman zero color film through our lab. Black and white only.
I had tears in my eyes!
Same reaction…That moment when you're in the UK and you want to go the US just to visit this place…(though we do have some good stuff here too)
Great video.... can’t wait to visit one day.... where’s the “photo assignment “?🤪
So Great. There are so few of these left. There are still a few in NYC. I do a similar thing but as a retoucher. I love working with a photographer to work on their images. Do you know what process they use to get digital to film? Is it an LVT?
We're printing digital negatives on an inkjet printer.
Adventure Kilt how are you adjusting for the UV characteristics of the ink or pigment you're using? Was it just something you learned over time? Do you use any particular preset + ink combination you could share with us? (I know this would normally be a trade secret, but it's not exactly a competitive market right now - and us hobbyists would really appreciate it!!!)
We calibrate the negative curves through QTR specific to each process using a densitometer. Super nerdy stuff. Took us about 5 years to get it right, and then we still have to adjust it every time Ilford screws with the formula for their emulsion.
Thanks! Wish I made enough of these prints to justify a UV densitometer for personal use
You might check out Piezography - they have some generic QTR profiles for use with their inks that will work for pt/pd printing, as well as others. PiezoDN is the system.
how i wish we have something like your lab in this part of my world.
Fantastic!
Do they 8X20 ?
Dream job!
What's the name of this song on Epidemic?
Great video!!!
Great stuff........awesome💋
Awesome lab!