Kodak Tri-X 400 Studio Portraits

In today's video I photograph ‪@jamesmorrell8652‬ in the studio using the Mamiya RB67 and Kodak Tai-X 400 black and white film, as well as some digital shots using the Sony A7RIVa.
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[@andygreen909]

Strong muzzy. Looks well in b&w

[@AndrewMclean]

Thanks mate!

[@garethjones5068]

Beautiful work guys 👌🏻

[@AndrewMclean]

Thanks mate! 🙌🏼

Very nice portraits, Andrew! I've got a question concerning the light: Did you mix ambient and strobe, or did you only use the window light as a mere reference? Thanks in advance, Tilman (happy RB67 owner ;-))

[@AndrewMclean]

Hi Tillman thanks for the kind words! The ambient light was mainly used as a reference but some ambient light was factored into the exposure. Had the strobe not fired it wouldn’t have been a completely dark frame, just extremely underexposed. Hope that helps!

Cheers man, yeah that helps a ton. Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

[@AndrewMclean]

@TilmanKoneke thanks so much!

[@unknownartdivision]

Tri-X it's my favorite black and white film. But I don't shoot with it very often because it's sooo expensive. I have found a good alternative in 35mm, I bought a 30m reel of Eastman Kodak Double X that is pretty much like Tri-X but a bit slower, in medium format I push to 800 HP5 to achieve a similar result of Tri-X that has more contrast. I still love Tri-X but it's really too expensive right now, I probably will shoot some rolls of Tri-X here and there in some special occasions, but for the most part I probably will use DoubleX and HP5

[@AndrewMclean]

I know, I should have mentioned the price really but I don’t shoot as much film as I used to so don’t mind the added cost occasionally!

[@garethjones5068]

Got a roll of expired Tri-X in the fridge, need to get it shot

[@AndrewMclean]

Oh 100%, just make sure to expose accordingly with it being expired 👍🏼

[@garethjones5068]

@@AndrewMclean yeah it’s expired by 12 years I think so I’ll be checking my maths on how many stops I’ll need to adjust by

[@AndrewMclean]

@garethjones5068 general rule of thumb is 1 stop per 10 years but also depends how it’s been stored