@@PeterMcKinnon when i shoot film I don’t see much difference between 35mm film vs digital in terms of resolution. That’s why most film shooters just shoot medium format- which in many cases exceeds the resolution of digital photography …
@@PeterMcKinnono be accurate, wouldn't this process be considered HYBRID film/digital? The photography was film of course, but the post production was digital... SUGGESTION, it would be interesting to use non digital developing as well. Nothing wrong with a hybrid approach, BUT if the camera is from the 1970s, perhaps limit yourself to post production technology of the 1970s? Or perhaps the 1990s(before digital cameras)
I can’t help but feel a tinge of sadness watching this. I think many of us crave all things analogue, reminiscing about a time not so long ago where everything was much less clinical and much more innocent and personal. I hope we will have the sense to integrate the good of that era not only in our tools, but in our attitudes and humanity.
Living in Seattle..It's a mess. Open drug use everywhere. Don't have to walk far to find fights, people blacked out or dead. Not sure the war on drugs was a bad idea.@@Sarocenum
i’ve been watching youtubers i used to watch earlier, for the past couple days and just realised that i have had basically every hobby. like most hobbies i have or wanted to do
What a perfect timing! I’m gonna cry. I’ve been trying to start my own film lab business this month, this video gave me a lot of courage and confidence. Especially an artist like you, Peter, I really appreciate this. I can trust more of myself and what I’m doing is meaningful and useful. Thank you. ❤
See what is available in your area. If there isn't and there is demand (like a small hip city or 2), you should be good. I'm 60 miles north of Boston and there are few stores left. Buuuuut... Hunts in Boston sends their E6 to the town next to me. I can drive 15 minutes and get my film developed which rules
Slow down, shoot film, find the light and those moments of beauty. Sounds a lot like Zen and the art of photography. Thanks so much for the thought provoking content.
I switched to shooting only film last year, and it was such a refresher to photography. Now I shoot both film and digi and I feel like my skills in photography has increased since shooting film.
I’ve been shooting film alongside digital for a little over a year now. It actually helped my digital process so much and help me understand the importance of light and how to make use of shutter speed and aperture in more creative ways. I’m sure I could have learned it eventually without a film camera but it definitely feels like it sped up that process for me
you made me start learning and loving digital photography and now you are coming we're i've been for the last two years or so, in the analog world. Beautiful to see you here
Love that you're shooting film! It's just a majestic experience and I just keep falling deeper into it. I grew up with it, too, and every time I tried to throw it away, convinced that digital was completely superior, it never happened. I'm launching a community darkroom fundraising campaign on Monday, so this has me extra pumped. :)
Switched to digital maybe 7 years ago. Even developed my own stuff before that. Don't see myself ever going back to film but my oldest son loves it. Gave him my film cameras. He even did his final project for a directing/screenwriting degree on film. The only one in his college that year.
I've had 8mm and 16mm film in the fridge for over 10 years, thinking one day I'll use it, even though I can't use these particular rolls anymore. It's a nice reminder of a different kind of artistic expression and one I'll always remember LOVING! 🎞
I've watched a lot of your videos over the years, but something about this one....this was the most satisfying watch for me and immediately my favorite video of yours. The blend of learning, vulnerability, and anxiety you created when you didn't know if your skills would transfer mediums...but you took the risk of exposing yourself as a creative fraud (of course we all know you aren't) but achieved validation that, yes, you're good at this no matter the tools you use. and the lessons you learned along the way taught us all a good lesson in return. Thank you for this video.
Welcome back to the wonderful world of analog photography Pete! There's a few of us here in the depths of UA-cam that shoot a lot of film and love to nerd out about it. There's also a huge rabbit hole to fall down and the community is very cool! I hope this video gets lots more people interested in the craft!
When someone from this new generation says this, FILM IS NOT DEAD It sounds like the magic continues..thank you for your fantastic and artistic contribution..
This brings back memories. I shot my first wedding in 1979. No one realizes but back in the day when shooting square format we had 12 rolls of 120 which is 144 pictures and we shot a whole wedding with that. Every picture we shot had to be perfect. That art has been lost.
I did the same back in the late 60s, early 70s. The beauty of shooting weddings then was NO post production. You didn’t have to sit in front of the computer in Photoshop for hours and hours. Our “post” was done in the camera as you shot.
Yeah... when you've been a lifelong film-shooter, aware of your dwindling resources (36-38 shots 35mm before you reload, appreciably less on rollfilm!) shooting digital makes you so absurdly picture-profligate! Kinda ridiculous suddenly having apparently limitless resources to keep shooting away, and I still, after quite a few years of shooting digital, find myself worrying now about the limits of SD cards and camera batteries!! I'm still adjusting..!
We are about the same. I shot my first wedding around 1980. 35MM. After a short spell of that, I got hired by a studio who told me that I had to buy a Hasselblad! So I did. They would pay me $150 a wedding... Yes...the whole day. After a couple of years I went out on my own. I'd shoot 10 rolls of 220. It was a bit nerve-wracking to not know what came out until the film came back from the lab (with prints).
@@hom296 nice I started out shooting with old Kowa 2 1/4 cameras. And I had my big Norman flash. Everything was manual. Those were the days and I miss those days.
This made my day, dude! Your reactions were all the same as mine when I dove into film recently ... the shutter sound, the light metering, and getting that first roll back that didn't suck! As always, well done video and appreciate your thoughtfulness around photography
This is such a cool video. Just to see your pure joy and excitement for photography to the point that Peter McKinnon is nervous and to see him getting tips from friends and see how humble he is. Keep it up Peter! I can’t wait to see what else you shoot. Also best line was “sorry guys it’s my first day”
I did an A-Level in photography back in 1993 and I can't tell you how satisfying it was to develop my own film and then create prints in the dark room. Nothing replaces that feeling as you watch the picture appear in the red light 😍
Film cameras just went up 20% 😂 Great to see that film is making a come back. The sense of community that's comes with shooting film is second to none. You do what you love and make friends along the way.
I loved this video. It just spoke to my hart. A few years ago I picked up my first camera and started shooting. Your videos got and kept me so stoke an this hobby. So that I am applying for Photography University right now and plan to make my passion a living. 2 years ago I picked up my first analog camera and it is just so awesome to see you relive every analog photographers dream. Thanks for pushing on and keep all of us stoked!
PM is that enthusiastic guy that every month discover something new (or rediscover) and get excited like a baby. Then he makes videos about his "new" passion and ispires million of us... keep going man. Love from San Marino🇸🇲
So great to see you shooting film Pete! I’ve shot strictly film for the last 5 years on my Leica M6 and wouldn’t have it any other way. Thanks for helping keep the stoke for the film purists alive!
I have been shooting a lot more film in the last two years and also I’ve been able to grab some of the best film cameras ever produced for pennies on the dollar. It’s exciting to see you wander back to it as this is where it all started. Proud of you. Hope you’re well. Stay blessed my friend.
I shot film for years and was fortunate enough to do it as a job running a film development lab and a dark room. It was a blast having the equipment to play with, dodge and burn, play with the develop/stop/fix trays depending on the results i wanted. Washing and drying prints was fun. When digital came along and Photoshop it was like having a full dark room at home. As much as i loved film and the processing, I'd never go back other than for the nestalgia of doing so occasionally.
I was into VFX first, and I discovered your videos when you had like around 80K subscribers. Watching them inspired me to pursue photography, which I've always been drawn to. I even sometimes wish I had been born 20 or 30 years ago. Well, the thing is, I liked your style better at first, and then slowly you started to post and make videos about vintage things and the stories they have in your life. I'm also a big vintage lover, so I loved your style already, but your content got even better for me once you started incorporating vintage stuff into your videos. As I learned more about storytelling and photography, I became increasingly fascinated by the colors and aesthetic of film cameras. I've recently started shooting more on film, so I was thrilled when I saw that you began shooting on film too. Words can't express how happy it makes me feel to watch your latest video. I also wanted to mention that I've always appreciated your skill at storytelling, and the way you convey your stories is what I love the most. Shooting on film has added an extra layer to your work that I find truly captivating.
You always reset my camera experience, Pete. It always feels so fresh to take a picture, make a video, to edit and to explore every corner of my creativity.
Learning the fundamentals of film is the hardest way. Each picture on a film is carefully considered a decision. There is a limited number of pictures you can take. Another factor is to get it right and make sure that you don’t mess up the exposure, unless you know how to push or pull the film. Film is great and different. The most exciting feeling in to wait and see the results. It is nice to have a tangible image. This is only the beginning for developing, printing in paper Is another process and is not as easy as editing your pictures in photoshop or any other editing software.
Really cool to see you embarking on this new (old) journey. I leaned as a kid my first basics on film, did first experiments on film, then digital came. Film has it's beauty / texture that digital has not. With the AI menace invading photography, film will be reborn as the backbone on genuine photography.
This is insane timing. I just received my first film camera in the mail. The bucket shot video is what got me into photography. So excited to see the guy who got me into this return to film!
I started shooting film again during the pandemic as a way to go back to analog. I dusted off my old minolta I learned photography with in highschool and it still works perfectly. This really inspired me to load up a roll and go shoot
⏱Timestamps for this video! 0:00 - Introduction to Film Photography 0:56 - Shooting Film 2:02 - Developing the Film 4:30 - Reviewing the Scanned Images 7:01 - Exploring Different Film Types 8:30 - Celebrating Successful First Roll 9:37 - Conclusion 🧙♂✨ Generated with Houdini Chrome extension.
@@kennumyet here you are. Watching and commenting. Cracks me up. Think you’re being rebellious and edgy while functioning identically to what you’re rebelling against.
I wanted to say Pete you’re a magician, then I remembered yes you are, i am out of words to describe you! You’re amazing dude! I just cant stop watching your “vidz”!
Shooting film for the first time is like a rights of passage, or going on your first pilgrimage as a digital shooter. I loved watching Peter so excited, it reminded me how I felt returning back to shooting film a few years ago. The scene with Peter nervous in the lab, waiting for the negs to come out of the machine, was like how first time dads are in the Labour ward waiting for their first born… Oh, and babies cost a bomb, just like shooting film… Excellent upload!… 💗
Damn Pete I feel like you're at an absolute peak in quality. Not only is the video stunning but your photography and such a raw and authentic feel for the photos. You're literally living your best life right now. You have a beautiful nee space, you're making art, meeting new people, this is all so beautiful! I'm so proud of all your growth and I'm really looking forward to seeing this next chapter in your life unfold! Bless Up 🙏
I appreciate the sentiment and nostalgia, but given the amount of time I spent shooting film / in darkrooms... never again. Digital is magic - but I still appreciate seeing people explore and enjoy the world of film. It's ideal for new photographers to learn (it forces them to slow down) and seasoned digital photographers to have fun with 🙂
@@silbay we used to have a place in town who would develop and scan it for us for $15 per roll. And if I'm lucky, I could get it down to $10. Unfortunately, the place just shut down 4 months ago... A bummer 😞
I LOVE how you finished that off. "We're just too busy to slow down." I can't tell you how much I love that. We need more of that in all of ours lives. I LOVE LOVE LOVE shooting my Zanza Bronica S2a from 1965. Classic Nikkor 50mm F1.2 on it too. I did a product type shot with it once (on digital) and it just looks so killer. I could show ya on twitter if you're interested. When I shoot my Pentax 645 the auto advance of the film is crazy loud. Everyone has the same response that you had when he shot that RB67
The rear lcd and editing your photos on a pc is the killer to that feeling of using film. Get a digital camera that doesn’t have a rear lcd or even better, a digital camera with a broken lcd off eBay. Set your settings once then shoot away. Shoot like film and then send your straight out of camera digital photos directly to print.
Right from the start the question about seeing things differently when shooting film is so true. I work fully in digital so on the weekend I am more prone to grab the film camera and I do see things differently when I am out walking around.
Love the words you say at 9:00! Such a pity in my place there are not a lot of people who want to connect even tho its such a beautiful thing to exchange and learn or even support each other. Love and great light to all the Analog shooter out there. Pat from Düsseldorf / Germany
This is my favorite vlog from you by a mile, so so good, i was sad to see it end, please do a series focusing on your film photography adventures, thanks for this
What a great vlog on going back to film. I left film many moons ago because I was frustrated with the process but most of all the result didn’t turn out good. My images were over, under expose and not in focus. I knew it was my lack of skill to get it right but being younger back then I didn’t have the patience to continue and gave up photography. When digital camera price started to become affordable I tried photography again and began to enjoy it again with an instant feedback that allowed me to refine my settings for better results. I’m trying a manual lens on a digital camera now and slowly getting back to film. Hopefully my journey will be as rewarding as you Peter. Aloha.
I love this. I started shooting B&W and developing in a dark room using “my secret sepia sauce” of coffee and paper in 1993. Back then color was the “digital” of the day and B&W was art. Your first roll is inspiring and the images I saw were great!
I shot film from 1986 to 2003 professionally - I still have my Bronica. I have processed my own film in a darkroom and worked for a mini-color lab. I have been shooting digital for almost 20 years, it flips me out thinking it might be making a mainstream come back. In all honesty there was a great deal of wiggle room when it came to shooting film because you had a 2stop grace to get the exposure right. Digital made me a stronger shooter because the closer I could get it in camera, the better. If there is any advice I could give you, lighting is key. Learning how to work with strobes is huge when using film because the dynamic range is limited compared to digital.
So much noltagia... I worked 11 years in photo labs... I experienced so many technacal evolutions. I would loved to have access to a color lab once and a while to do it myself like back in the day. Thank you for bring us with you. love it!
I find this so interesting having shot film for so many years, developing and printing in my own darkroom, that I feel about digital the way you feel about film. I'm so excited about digital photography and can never see myself shooting any more film. I just can't go back now. 📷😎👍
This is great, Peter! Now you just need to move up to sheet film and Large Format film! Maybe with an old press photographer's camera, stripped down for light weight and with beautiful polished mahogany. Or just take a slab of mahogany and a sheet of brass and build your own camera. Big sheets of color slide film can't be beat! Keep exploring! Never stop! Love your work!
easy mistake but 105 on the pentax 67 is concidered a normal lens on 6x7 so something very close to a 50mm not a 70 or 80 mentioned above. Glad to see people keeping the format alive
VERY NOSTALGIC!,! Remember my wife working at Japan Camera back in the day. When you had to get pictures developed. I have a Pentax MZ7 that I should use. Great video
I used to work in a camera store using the same equipment. As well as selling the new stuff. I think once you have experienced all the latest and greatest gear, the wide open apertures and all of the other fantastic corners in photography, you’ll start going in the opposite direction on some of the features and nailing in on your personal style, or tuning in on what nurtures your creativity. Great video, thank you👊
glad you're getting into film Peter!!! cant wait to see what you do with it. Medium format is my favorite, I highly suggest looking into the mama rz67 and the Hasselblad 501 series. As a gear nerd, I know you will love them. Enjoy!!!
I take the shots that will mean the most with film. Have to choose the moments and wait for the results, sometimes weeks, sometimes a year. So much more intentionality in the process. It’s such a pity that film is becoming more expensive and scarce, hopefully the industry realises the love and demand will always be there
I love shooting flim, my canon 850 is amazing and I’m glad I picked it up. Peter you were the inspiration to me getting into photography and I decided to start with film first, this is awesome seeing you going down this path now good luck brother enjoy it.
Film and digital are different media to the same destination. Just tools - sometimes you choose one over the other. I love B&W film - one shot at a time - self develop and scan. I love digital - easy to spray and pray. loved the fun of this video!
I grew up in my family’s 3 generation photo shop and lived in the film photography world as a photographer / shop owner until 2011. And I still use and shoot film once in awhile. And I agree that there is something special about the medium. And a way to disconnect and fixate on composition like nothing else.
You and me both. I remeber shooting photos off those 27 shot kodak and fuji cameras. They weren't professional cameras, but still got me working hard to figure out how to get the lighting right for the best exposures. I remember 3 times a month I was dropping off those film rolls to walmart to get them developed and boy has it been forever.
Thank you Angel and C41 for a great day! Check em both out on the gram! Awesome people! :)
On it 🔥
NOSTALGIC!
Excited to see more of this. Good shit man
Give it a shot to large format, just try it, with positive and negative film. You are going to fall in love with it. I'm serious.
Welcome back (to film). We have missed you over here in the film camp.
I love that you’re diving deeper into photography 😊 you’re just so damn good at it.
waiting for him to get a Mamiya 7...
nothing like starting off on a Leica,.
Thanks bro :) ❤
@@PeterMcKinnon when i shoot film I don’t see much difference between 35mm film vs digital in terms of resolution. That’s why most film shooters just shoot medium format- which in many cases exceeds the resolution of digital photography …
@@PeterMcKinnono be accurate, wouldn't this process be considered HYBRID film/digital?
The photography was film of course, but the post production was digital...
SUGGESTION, it would be interesting to use non digital developing as well. Nothing wrong with a hybrid approach, BUT if the camera is from the 1970s, perhaps limit yourself to post production technology of the 1970s? Or perhaps the 1990s(before digital cameras)
Film to me is just focusing on the process, forgetting the result, and being surprised by the result after a while
Thats a great point!
Love this!
Love this way of thinking about it.
so fo rthe first couple of hundred years .. photographers like Avadon and Lindberg only cared about the process?
Like an expensive fidget spinner where sometimes you get keepers.
Love that you went documentary style with this. Felt like a film. Thank you!
Love seeing how stoked you are to shoot film!!!
I can’t help but feel a tinge of sadness watching this. I think many of us crave all things analogue, reminiscing about a time not so long ago where everything was much less clinical and much more innocent and personal. I hope we will have the sense to integrate the good of that era not only in our tools, but in our attitudes and humanity.
@bruderdereintagsfliege3327 lmao ikr, the good old times of Jim Crow, sundown towns, the war on drugs etc etc
Living in Seattle..It's a mess. Open drug use everywhere. Don't have to walk far to find fights, people blacked out or dead. Not sure the war on drugs was a bad idea.@@Sarocenum
My grandfather gave me his Minolta Srt 101, the feeling of shooting analog is insane, and the grainy photos are superb! Really enjoyed this vid Peter!
That's the camera we used in our Highschool newspaper. Great camera
The SRT 201 was the first SLR camera I have ever used. It was my dad's and he gave it to me a few years ago.
I have a Minolta x700 - from the time when you needed upper body strength to carry your camera.
i’ve been watching youtubers i used to watch earlier, for the past couple days and just realised that i have had basically every hobby. like most hobbies i have or wanted to do
What a perfect timing! I’m gonna cry. I’ve been trying to start my own film lab business this month, this video gave me a lot of courage and confidence. Especially an artist like you, Peter, I really appreciate this. I can trust more of myself and what I’m doing is meaningful and useful. Thank you. ❤
Good luck. Crush it . Document some of it and share with us
@@ConsoleAuthority Thank you! I’ll try my best! 🥰
See what is available in your area. If there isn't and there is demand (like a small hip city or 2), you should be good. I'm 60 miles north of Boston and there are few stores left. Buuuuut... Hunts in Boston sends their E6 to the town next to me. I can drive 15 minutes and get my film developed which rules
Great! Good luck - you deserve it 🍀🍀🍀
Good luck to you.
Slow down, shoot film, find the light and those moments of beauty. Sounds a lot like Zen and the art of photography. Thanks so much for the thought provoking content.
I switched to shooting only film last year, and it was such a refresher to photography. Now I shoot both film and digi and I feel like my skills in photography has increased since shooting film.
I’ve been shooting film alongside digital for a little over a year now. It actually helped my digital process so much and help me understand the importance of light and how to make use of shutter speed and aperture in more creative ways. I’m sure I could have learned it eventually without a film camera but it definitely feels like it sped up that process for me
This is our absolute favourite era of Peter McKinnon! Seeing you give some love to film was such a huge moment for us!! All the love x
Every single non-tutorial video you make is a piece of art.
you made me start learning and loving digital photography and now you are coming we're i've been for the last two years or so, in the analog world. Beautiful to see you here
Love that you're shooting film! It's just a majestic experience and I just keep falling deeper into it. I grew up with it, too, and every time I tried to throw it away, convinced that digital was completely superior, it never happened. I'm launching a community darkroom fundraising campaign on Monday, so this has me extra pumped. :)
Switched to digital maybe 7 years ago. Even developed my own stuff before that. Don't see myself ever going back to film but my oldest son loves it. Gave him my film cameras. He even did his final project for a directing/screenwriting degree on film. The only one in his college that year.
I've had 8mm and 16mm film in the fridge for over 10 years, thinking one day I'll use it, even though I can't use these particular rolls anymore. It's a nice reminder of a different kind of artistic expression and one I'll always remember LOVING! 🎞
I've watched a lot of your videos over the years, but something about this one....this was the most satisfying watch for me and immediately my favorite video of yours. The blend of learning, vulnerability, and anxiety you created when you didn't know if your skills would transfer mediums...but you took the risk of exposing yourself as a creative fraud (of course we all know you aren't) but achieved validation that, yes, you're good at this no matter the tools you use. and the lessons you learned along the way taught us all a good lesson in return. Thank you for this video.
Welcome back to the wonderful world of analog photography Pete! There's a few of us here in the depths of UA-cam that shoot a lot of film and love to nerd out about it. There's also a huge rabbit hole to fall down and the community is very cool! I hope this video gets lots more people interested in the craft!
Another bandwagon jumper.
It's great to see you enjoy it man - Great to get that vibe back from your videos!
When someone from this new generation says this, FILM IS NOT DEAD It sounds like the magic continues..thank you for your fantastic and artistic contribution..
For me this is your most valuable video in a long time. Thank You Pete
This brings back memories. I shot my first wedding in 1979. No one realizes but back in the day when shooting square format we had 12 rolls of 120 which is 144 pictures and we shot a whole wedding with that. Every picture we shot had to be perfect. That art has been lost.
I did the same back in the late 60s, early 70s. The beauty of shooting weddings then was NO post production. You didn’t have to sit in front of the computer in Photoshop for hours and hours. Our “post” was done in the camera as you shot.
Yeah... when you've been a lifelong film-shooter, aware of your dwindling resources (36-38 shots 35mm before you reload, appreciably less on rollfilm!) shooting digital makes you so absurdly picture-profligate! Kinda ridiculous suddenly having apparently limitless resources to keep shooting away, and I still, after quite a few years of shooting digital, find myself worrying now about the limits of SD cards and camera batteries!! I'm still adjusting..!
We are about the same. I shot my first wedding around 1980. 35MM. After a short spell of that, I got hired by a studio who told me that I had to buy a Hasselblad! So I did. They would pay me $150 a wedding... Yes...the whole day. After a couple of years I went out on my own. I'd shoot 10 rolls of 220. It was a bit nerve-wracking to not know what came out until the film came back from the lab (with prints).
@@hom296 nice I started out shooting with old Kowa 2 1/4 cameras. And I had my big Norman flash. Everything was manual. Those were the days and I miss those days.
"Every picture we shot had to be perfect" Did it have? 144 is still a lot. 24-30 great pictures would still be a great wedding picture book.
You know it's a good video when you keep watching it over and over. I found film a couple years ago and am super hooked, nice shots!
This made my day, dude! Your reactions were all the same as mine when I dove into film recently ... the shutter sound, the light metering, and getting that first roll back that didn't suck! As always, well done video and appreciate your thoughtfulness around photography
This is such a cool video. Just to see your pure joy and excitement for photography to the point that Peter McKinnon is nervous and to see him getting tips from friends and see how humble he is. Keep it up Peter! I can’t wait to see what else you shoot. Also best line was “sorry guys it’s my first day”
I did an A-Level in photography back in 1993 and I can't tell you how satisfying it was to develop my own film and then create prints in the dark room. Nothing replaces that feeling as you watch the picture appear in the red light 😍
I was anxious and this video just calmed me down. Thank you, Pete❤
Film cameras just went up 20% 😂 Great to see that film is making a come back. The sense of community that's comes with shooting film is second to none. You do what you love and make friends along the way.
And right at the point when there is a massive jump in film prices!
Expensive for sure!
awesome news !!! thx
Too expensive for most of us
Lol good thing I was already into it. Got mines before the hype got crazy
I loved this video. It just spoke to my hart. A few years ago I picked up my first camera and started shooting. Your videos got and kept me so stoke an this hobby. So that I am applying for Photography University right now and plan to make my passion a living. 2 years ago I picked up my first analog camera and it is just so awesome to see you relive every analog photographers dream. Thanks for pushing on and keep all of us stoked!
PM is that enthusiastic guy that every month discover something new (or rediscover) and get excited like a baby. Then he makes videos about his "new" passion and ispires million of us... keep going man. Love from San Marino🇸🇲
The more times I study this episode the more I see how brilliantly it was structured. Literally taking notes. Thank you @petermckinnon
So great to see you shooting film Pete! I’ve shot strictly film for the last 5 years on my Leica M6 and wouldn’t have it any other way. Thanks for helping keep the stoke for the film purists alive!
I have been shooting a lot more film in the last two years and also I’ve been able to grab some of the best film cameras ever produced for pennies on the dollar. It’s exciting to see you wander back to it as this is where it all started. Proud of you. Hope you’re well. Stay blessed my friend.
I shot film for years and was fortunate enough to do it as a job running a film development lab and a dark room. It was a blast having the equipment to play with, dodge and burn, play with the develop/stop/fix trays depending on the results i wanted. Washing and drying prints was fun. When digital came along and Photoshop it was like having a full dark room at home. As much as i loved film and the processing, I'd never go back other than for the nestalgia of doing so occasionally.
I was into VFX first, and I discovered your videos when you had like around 80K subscribers. Watching them inspired me to pursue photography, which I've always been drawn to. I even sometimes wish I had been born 20 or 30 years ago. Well, the thing is, I liked your style better at first, and then slowly you started to post and make videos about vintage things and the stories they have in your life. I'm also a big vintage lover, so I loved your style already, but your content got even better for me once you started incorporating vintage stuff into your videos. As I learned more about storytelling and photography, I became increasingly fascinated by the colors and aesthetic of film cameras. I've recently started shooting more on film, so I was thrilled when I saw that you began shooting on film too. Words can't express how happy it makes me feel to watch your latest video. I also wanted to mention that I've always appreciated your skill at storytelling, and the way you convey your stories is what I love the most. Shooting on film has added an extra layer to your work that I find truly captivating.
One of the best video you made, i love people look again at the film photography
Story telling at it's finest! Most especially the appreciation of the art!
Intro felt like a cut scene in black flag. Love the new content man, watched you since day 1 been a wild ride 🔥
Beyond anything else, it's super cool to see you geeking out about doing this. The joy is palpable in the video.
Kudos to C41 making old new again. Your camera curio cabinet is 🔥🔥
You always reset my camera experience, Pete.
It always feels so fresh to take a picture, make a video, to edit and to explore every corner of my creativity.
My father taught me in film and it had the best looking pictures! It has a look and makes you think and appreciate each frame!
Watching Pete continuously fall in love with Photography over and over again is such a vibe. 🤙🏻
Exactly - and he is kind enough to bring us along for the ride. ;-)
This is why I shoot Fuji. I love the manual controls and how it forces you to slow down and just enjoy taking photos.
Learning the fundamentals of film is the hardest way.
Each picture on a film is carefully considered a decision. There is a limited number of pictures you can take. Another factor is to get it right and make sure that you don’t mess up the exposure, unless you know how to push or pull the film. Film is great and different. The most exciting feeling in to wait and see the results. It is nice to have a tangible image. This is only the beginning for developing, printing in paper Is another process and is not as easy as editing your pictures in photoshop or any other editing software.
Love seeing stuff like this. Never stop exploring
Really cool to see you embarking on this new (old) journey. I leaned as a kid my first basics on film, did first experiments on film, then digital came. Film has it's beauty / texture that digital has not. With the AI menace invading photography, film will be reborn as the backbone on genuine photography.
Brilliant. One of my favourite videos of yours in a while - and the pics are great!
This is insane timing. I just received my first film camera in the mail.
The bucket shot video is what got me into photography. So excited to see the guy who got me into this return to film!
Respect for the little Joe Greer shoutout with his book. One of the masters.
Welcome back 🤝
Saw your film in the video!
Happy to be here :)
I started shooting film again during the pandemic as a way to go back to analog. I dusted off my old minolta I learned photography with in highschool and it still works perfectly. This really inspired me to load up a roll and go shoot
⏱Timestamps for this video!
0:00 - Introduction to Film Photography
0:56 - Shooting Film
2:02 - Developing the Film
4:30 - Reviewing the Scanned Images
7:01 - Exploring Different Film Types
8:30 - Celebrating Successful First Roll
9:37 - Conclusion
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Glad film is still around and apparently getting stronger every day!
I too have gone back to film, just seems more rewarding!
Again? How many videos are you gonna make about you quitting stuff?
never lmfao. this is why im not subscribed to this guy. he sells you only what you want to hear lmfao
@@kennumyet here you are. Watching and commenting. Cracks me up. Think you’re being rebellious and edgy while functioning identically to what you’re rebelling against.
@@coryburns4309and he browsing comments knocks it hahaha
@@coryburns4309and here I am watching his videos again cause they are good 😂
I wanted to say Pete you’re a magician, then I remembered yes you are, i am out of words to describe you! You’re amazing dude! I just cant stop watching your “vidz”!
Shooting film for the first time is like a rights of passage, or going on your first pilgrimage as a digital shooter. I loved watching Peter so excited, it reminded me how I felt returning back to shooting film a few years ago. The scene with Peter nervous in the lab, waiting for the negs to come out of the machine, was like how first time dads are in the Labour ward waiting for their first born… Oh, and babies cost a bomb, just like shooting film… Excellent upload!… 💗
This style of video from you is everything!!
Damn Pete I feel like you're at an absolute peak in quality.
Not only is the video stunning but your photography and such a raw and authentic feel for the photos.
You're literally living your best life right now. You have a beautiful nee space, you're making art, meeting new people, this is all so beautiful!
I'm so proud of all your growth and I'm really looking forward to seeing this next chapter in your life unfold!
Bless Up 🙏
The funny thing is every coupla years I say this about him - haha.
I appreciate the sentiment and nostalgia, but given the amount of time I spent shooting film / in darkrooms... never again. Digital is magic - but I still appreciate seeing people explore and enjoy the world of film. It's ideal for new photographers to learn (it forces them to slow down) and seasoned digital photographers to have fun with 🙂
Film photography is so expensive tho
He can afford it
True
Expensive also rare in my city. I mean i can't even find a film roll easily. It take few weeks to grab a one roll
bulk load like we always did to save money and numerous places to send it to get it developed.
@@silbay we used to have a place in town who would develop and scan it for us for $15 per roll. And if I'm lucky, I could get it down to $10. Unfortunately, the place just shut down 4 months ago... A bummer 😞
I LOVE how you finished that off. "We're just too busy to slow down." I can't tell you how much I love that. We need more of that in all of ours lives. I LOVE LOVE LOVE shooting my Zanza Bronica S2a from 1965. Classic Nikkor 50mm F1.2 on it too. I did a product type shot with it once (on digital) and it just looks so killer. I could show ya on twitter if you're interested. When I shoot my Pentax 645 the auto advance of the film is crazy loud. Everyone has the same response that you had when he shot that RB67
This video makes me so happy. i cant wait to see your "I BOUGHT A MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERA" video!
The rear lcd and editing your photos on a pc is the killer to that feeling of using film. Get a digital camera that doesn’t have a rear lcd or even better, a digital camera with a broken lcd off eBay. Set your settings once then shoot away. Shoot like film and then send your straight out of camera digital photos directly to print.
Love how you love learning! Always the beginner's mind!
Right from the start the question about seeing things differently when shooting film is so true. I work fully in digital so on the weekend I am more prone to grab the film camera and I do see things differently when I am out walking around.
Love the words you say at 9:00! Such a pity in my place there are not a lot of people who want to connect even tho its such a beautiful thing to exchange and learn or even support each other.
Love and great light to all the Analog shooter out there.
Pat from Düsseldorf / Germany
This is my favorite vlog from you by a mile, so so good, i was sad to see it end, please do a series focusing on your film photography adventures, thanks for this
I just got into it a couple years ago and do both now, it’s very satisfying to use film instead of digital
What a great vlog on going back to film. I left film many moons ago because I was frustrated with the process but most of all the result didn’t turn out good. My images were over, under expose and not in focus. I knew it was my lack of skill to get it right but being younger back then I didn’t have the patience to continue and gave up photography. When digital camera price started to become affordable I tried photography again and began to enjoy it again with an instant feedback that allowed me to refine my settings for better results. I’m trying a manual lens on a digital camera now and slowly getting back to film. Hopefully my journey will be as rewarding as you Peter. Aloha.
It could be my monthly emotions kicking in but this video made me cry 🥲🥲🥲
I'm loving the videos this year Pete. I can tell you're putting a lot of thought into each one, similar your process with film. ❤
I love this. I started shooting B&W and developing in a dark room using “my secret sepia sauce” of coffee and paper in 1993. Back then color was the “digital” of the day and B&W was art. Your first roll is inspiring and the images I saw were great!
This is so cool to see, I worked at a lab and did this every day for 4 years!
I shot film from 1986 to 2003 professionally - I still have my Bronica. I have processed my own film in a darkroom and worked for a mini-color lab. I have been shooting digital for almost 20 years, it flips me out thinking it might be making a mainstream come back. In all honesty there was a great deal of wiggle room when it came to shooting film because you had a 2stop grace to get the exposure right. Digital made me a stronger shooter because the closer I could get it in camera, the better. If there is any advice I could give you, lighting is key. Learning how to work with strobes is huge when using film because the dynamic range is limited compared to digital.
man what an inspirational video! Loved every second of it.
Plain and simple..your best video in a long time 👏🏻
So much noltagia... I worked 11 years in photo labs... I experienced so many technacal evolutions. I would loved to have access to a color lab once and a while to do it myself like back in the day.
Thank you for bring us with you. love it!
I find this so interesting having shot film for so many years, developing and printing in my own darkroom, that I feel about digital the way you feel about film. I'm so excited about digital photography and can never see myself shooting any more film. I just can't go back now.
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The day we've all been waiting for has come!
You made me feel so nostalgic 😢 thanks Pete!
This is great, Peter! Now you just need to move up to sheet film and Large Format film! Maybe with an old press photographer's camera, stripped down for light weight and with beautiful polished mahogany. Or just take a slab of mahogany and a sheet of brass and build your own camera. Big sheets of color slide film can't be beat! Keep exploring! Never stop! Love your work!
"We are just too busy to remember to slow down" - So true.
easy mistake but 105 on the pentax 67 is concidered a normal lens on 6x7 so something very close to a 50mm not a 70 or 80 mentioned above. Glad to see people keeping the format alive
VERY NOSTALGIC!,! Remember my wife working at Japan Camera back in the day. When you had to get pictures developed. I have a Pentax MZ7 that I should use. Great video
I used to work in a camera store using the same equipment. As well as selling the new stuff. I think once you have experienced all the latest and greatest gear, the wide open apertures and all of the other fantastic corners in photography, you’ll start going in the opposite direction on some of the features and nailing in on your personal style, or tuning in on what nurtures your creativity. Great video, thank you👊
Story was 🤌 colors were 🤌 all around one of my favorites of yours!! Love seeing more people getting into film
I started following angel a couple months ago and his stuff is sick
I'm not sure why but this video gave me goosebumps.. Lovin it.
glad you're getting into film Peter!!! cant wait to see what you do with it. Medium format is my favorite, I highly suggest looking into the mama rz67 and the Hasselblad 501 series. As a gear nerd, I know you will love them. Enjoy!!!
I take the shots that will mean the most with film. Have to choose the moments and wait for the results, sometimes weeks, sometimes a year. So much more intentionality in the process.
It’s such a pity that film is becoming more expensive and scarce, hopefully the industry realises the love and demand will always be there
I love shooting flim, my canon 850 is amazing and I’m glad I picked it up. Peter you were the inspiration to me getting into photography and I decided to start with film first, this is awesome seeing you going down this path now good luck brother enjoy it.
This is why i'am going back to film, Not because it might be the new trend, It all goes back to the absolute love and gut feel for film.
Film and digital are different media to the same destination. Just tools - sometimes you choose one over the other. I love B&W film - one shot at a time - self develop and scan. I love digital - easy to spray and pray. loved the fun of this video!
That funky roll when you entered the film shop!
I grew up in my family’s 3 generation photo shop and lived in the film photography world as a photographer / shop owner until 2011. And I still use and shoot film once in awhile. And I agree that there is something special about the medium. And a way to disconnect and fixate on composition like nothing else.
Love the fact that the guy is rocking the absolutely legendary Leica M6 while making absolutely no fuss about it.
You and me both. I remeber shooting photos off those 27 shot kodak and fuji cameras. They weren't professional cameras, but still got me working hard to figure out how to get the lighting right for the best exposures. I remember 3 times a month I was dropping off those film rolls to walmart to get them developed and boy has it been forever.